Simisage 90/86 · Black Bolt

Simisage is Pokédex #512, generation 5 (Unova). Simisage is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Pansage. In this catalog that name is Pansage (#511).

Simisage sits at 90/86 in Black Bolt, position 89 of 171. Before it is 89 Pansage, and after it is 91 Petilil. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Gentle Slap lists 70 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Ill tempered, it fights by swinging its barbed tail around wildly. The leaf growing on its head is very bitter." The regulation mark is I.

Simisage (#512) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisage 8/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Yuka Tanaka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 6 other cards of Simisage list a different HP.

Yuka Tanaka illustrated Simisage, and no other card in this catalog uses that name.

Black Bolt set binder is where a full Black Bolt set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Simisage can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.