AttackIce Beam
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Prinplup 37/162 · BREAKthrough
BREAKthrough is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. Prinplup is 37/162, in position 37 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 36 Piplup, and after it is 38 Empoleon. The listed rarity is Uncommon.
Prinplup is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Prinplup (#394), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Piplup. In this catalog that name is Piplup (#393). The card lists Empoleon, Empoleon (#395) under evolves to.
kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.
Prinplup (#394) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Prinplup 58/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Prinplup list a different HP.
The attack Ice Beam lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives a solitary life. Its wings deliver wicked blows that can snap even the thickest of trees."
I keep a set binder for BREAKthrough, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BREAKthrough set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Prinplup can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 37/162
- Set
- BREAKthrough
- Series
- XY
- Released
- November 4, 2015
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1
- HP
- 80
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- kirisAki
- Pokédex
- Prinplup (#394)
- Evolves from
- Piplup
- Evolves to
- Empoleon
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It lives a solitary life. Its wings deliver wicked blows that can snap even the thickest of trees.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Prinplup from?
BREAKthrough, in the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162.
What is the collector number?
37/162. It is entry 37 of 165 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
kirisAki. The catalog lists 189 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Uncommon.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Prinplup #394, generation 4 (Sinnoh).
Which attacks are printed?
Ice Beam (30).