Porygon 48/82 · Team Rocket

Porygon is Pokédex #137, generation 1 (Kanto). Porygon is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 26. The card lists Porygon2, Porygon2 (#233) under evolves to.

Porygon sits at 48/82 in Team Rocket, position 48 of 83. Before it is 47 Magikarp, and after it is 49 Abra. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on 24 April 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Conversion 1 lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon has a Weakness, you may change it to a type of your choice other than Colorless. Psybeam is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. The flavor text reads "More and more people play the slots every day, trying to win a Porygon."

Porygon (#137) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Porygon 39/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Tomoaki Imakuni illustrated that card, and Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Porygon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Keiji Kinebuchi. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.