Igglybuff 70/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 February 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Igglybuff is 70/106, in position 70 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 69 Houndour, and after it is 71 Illumise. The listed rarity is Common.

Igglybuff is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 6. In the Pokédex this is Igglybuff (#174), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Jigglypuff, Jigglypuff (#039) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Igglybuff (#174) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Igglybuff 36/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Igglybuff list a different HP.

Baby Evolution is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may put Jigglypuff from your hand onto Igglybuff (this counts as evolving Igglybuff) and remove all damage counters from Igglybuff. The attack Inquire lists no damage number. Draw a card. If you didn't play any Supporter card from your hand during this turn, draw 2 more cards. Weakness is Fighting +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a soft and bouncy body. Once it starts bouncing, it becomes impossible to stop."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Igglybuff can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.