Vaporeon 25/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 9 May 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Vaporeon is 25/108, in position 25 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Slowbro, and after it is 26 Kyogre-EX. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Vaporeon is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vaporeon (#134), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Vaporeon (#134) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Vaporeon 12/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 30 other cards of Vaporeon list a different HP.

The attack Muddy Water lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Spiral Drain is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its cell composition is similar to water molecules. As a result, it can melt away into water."

I keep a set binder for Dark Explorers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dark Explorers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vaporeon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions. I still need this card.