Archeops 54/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 14 August 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Archeops is 54/101, in position 54 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 53 Archen, and after it is 55 Houndour. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Archeops is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Archeops (#567), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Archen. In this catalog that name is Archen (#566).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Archeops (#567) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Archeops 67/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. 7 other cards of Archeops list a different HP.

The attack Acrobatics lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads. Swift Dive is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. If this Pokémon's remaining HP is 50 or less, this attack's base damage is 50. Weakness is Grass ×2. The flavor text reads "It runs better than it flies. It takes off into the sky by running at a speed of 25 mph."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Archeops can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.