Vanillish 34/108 · 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. Vanillish is 34/108, in position 34 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Vanillite, and after it is 35 Ducklett. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Vanillish is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vanillish (#583), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Vanillite. In this catalog that name is Vanillite (#582). The card lists Vanilluxe, Vanilluxe (#584) under evolves to.

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

Vanillish (#583) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vanillish 28/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. match illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Vanillish list a different HP.

The attack Triple Spin lists 20× damage. The cost is Water. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Frost Breath is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Snowy mountains are this Pokémon's habitat. During an ancient ice age, they moved to southern areas."

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. Vanillish can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.