Palpitoad 25/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 8 May 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Palpitoad is 25/116, in position 25 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Tympole, and after it is 26 Seismitoad. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Palpitoad is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Palpitoad (#536), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Tympole. In this catalog that name is Tympole (#535). The card lists Seismitoad, Seismitoad (#537) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Palpitoad (#536) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Palpitoad 23/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. sui illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Palpitoad list a different HP.

The attack Vibration lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Suspicious Soundwave is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It lives in the water and on land. It uses its long, sticky tongue to immobilize its opponents."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Freeze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Freeze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Palpitoad can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.