Gloom 2/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Gloom is Pokédex #044, generation 1 (Kanto). Gloom is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Oddish. In this catalog that name is Oddish (#043). The card lists Vileplume, Vileplume (#045) and Bellossom, Bellossom (#182) under evolves to.

Gloom sits at 2/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 2 of 153. Before it is 1 Oddish, and after it is 3 Vileplume. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 7 November 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Foul Odor lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Both this Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon are now Confused. Poison Powder is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The honey it drools from its mouth smells so atrocious, it can curl noses more than a mile away."

Gloom (#044) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gloom 37/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Gloom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Boundaries Crossed set binder is where a full Boundaries Crossed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gloom can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.