Vanillish 44/162 · 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. Vanillish is 44/162, in position 44 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 43 Vanillite, and after it is 45 Vanilluxe. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Vanillish is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vanillish (#583), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Vanillite. In this catalog that name is Vanillite (#582). The card lists Vanilluxe, Vanilluxe (#584) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Vanillish (#583) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vanillish 28/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. match illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Vanillish list a different HP.

The attack Ice Edge lists 10+ damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Icy Wind is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Snowy mountains are this Pokémon's habitat. During an ancient ice age, they moved to southern areas."

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. Vanillish can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.