Cottonee 10/98 · Emerging Powers

Cottonee is Pokédex #546, generation 5 (Unova). Cottonee is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Whimsicott, Whimsicott (#547) under evolves to.

Cottonee sits at 10/98 in Emerging Powers, position 10 of 98. Before it is 9 Cottonee, and after it is 11 Whimsicott. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 31 August 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Cotton Guard lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker."

Cottonee (#546) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Cottonee 9/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Cottonee list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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