Cottonee 9/98 · Emerging Powers

Cottonee is Pokédex #546, generation 5 (Unova). Cottonee is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Whimsicott, Whimsicott (#547) under evolves to.

Cottonee sits at 9/98 in Emerging Powers, position 9 of 98. Before it is 8 Leavanny, and after it is 10 Cottonee. 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 Absorb lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They go wherever the wind takes them. On rainy days, their bodies are heavier, so they take shelter beneath big trees."

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 10/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Cottonee list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 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.