Politoed ex 107/115 · Unseen Forces

Politoed is Pokédex #186, generation 2 (Johto). Politoed ex is a Stage 2 ex Water Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Poliwhirl. In this catalog that name is Poliwhirl (#061).

Politoed ex sits at 107/115 in Unseen Forces, position 109 of 145. Before it is 106 Meganium ex, and after it is 108 Scizor ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Upward Lick lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. If that Pokémon is a Stage 2 Evolved Pokémon, this attack does 50 damage instead. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Punch and Run is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Switch Politoed ex with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Swallow Up is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. Before doing damage, count the remaining HP of the Defending Pokémon and Politoed ex. If the Defending Pokémon has fewer remaining HP than Politoed ex's, this attack does 120 damage instead. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Politoed (#186) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2022. The earliest other card is Politoed 8/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Politoed, while this one is Politoed ex. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Politoed list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unseen Forces set binder is where a full Unseen Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Politoed can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.