Numel 21/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Boundaries Crossed is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 7 November 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Numel is 21/149, in position 21 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 20 Charizard, and after it is 22 Camerupt. The listed rarity is Common.

Numel is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Numel (#322), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Camerupt, Camerupt (#323) under evolves to.

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Numel (#322) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Numel 61/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 21 other cards of Numel list a different HP.

The attack Flamethrower lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The magma in its body reaches 2,200 degrees F. Its hump gets smaller when it uses Fire-type moves."

I keep a set binder for Boundaries Crossed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Boundaries Crossed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Numel can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.