Leavanny 10/135 · Plasma Storm

Leavanny is Pokédex #542, generation 5 (Unova). Leavanny is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Swadloon. In this catalog that name is Swadloon (#541).

Leavanny sits at 10/135 in Plasma Storm, position 10 of 138. Before it is 9 Swadloon, and after it is 11 Maractus. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 6 February 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Cleave lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, discard all Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Leaf Blade is another attack lists 70+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Upon finding a small Pokémon, it weaves clothing for it from leaves by using the sticky silk secreted from its mouth."

Leavanny (#542) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Leavanny 7/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 9 other cards of Leavanny list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Storm set binder is where a full Plasma Storm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Leavanny can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.