Mankey 79/106 · Great Encounters

Mankey is Pokédex #056, generation 1 (Kanto). Mankey is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 14. The card lists Primeape, Primeape (#057) under evolves to.

Mankey sits at 79/106 in Great Encounters, position 79 of 106. Before it is 78 Makuhita, and after it is 80 Mudkip. 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 Common.

The attack Light Punch lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Rage is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Mankey. Weakness is Psychic +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason."

Mankey (#056) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Mankey 55/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Mankey list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 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. Mankey can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.