Empoleon 38/162 · BREAKthrough

Empoleon is Pokédex #395, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Empoleon is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Prinplup. In this catalog that name is Prinplup (#394).

Empoleon sits at 38/162 in BREAKthrough, position 38 of 165. Before it is 37 Prinplup, and after it is 39 Snover. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dignified Fighter is listed as Ability. Each of your Basic Pokémon's attacks does 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Hydro Splash lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. The leader has the biggest horns."

Empoleon (#395) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Empoleon 4/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Empoleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Satoshi Shirai. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKthrough set binder is where a full BREAKthrough set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Empoleon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.