Unown [G] 57/106 · Great Encounters

Unown is Pokédex #201, generation 2 (Johto). Unown [G] is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 17.

Unown [G] sits at 57/106 in Great Encounters, position 57 of 106. Before it is 56 Unown [F], and after it is 58 Wailmer. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 February 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

GUARD is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), if Unown G is on your Bench, you may discard all cards attached to Unown G and attach Unown G to 1 of your Pokémon as a Pokémon Tool card. As long as Unown G is attached to a Pokémon, prevent all effects of attacks, excluding damage, done to that Pokémon. The attack Hidden Power lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. If Unown G has any damage counters on it, this attack's base damage is 10. Weakness is Psychic +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Shaped like ancient writing, it is a huge mystery whether language or UNOWN came first."

Unown (#201) has 95 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Unown [J] 38/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Unown [J], while this one is Unown [G]. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Hideki Kazama illustrated that card, and Daisuke Ito illustrated this one. 67 other cards of Unown list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Daisuke Ito. I count 47 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Great Encounters set binder is where a full Great Encounters set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Unown can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Unown. I still need this card.