Hoothoot 59/115 · Unseen Forces

Hoothoot is Pokédex #163, generation 2 (Johto). Hoothoot is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Noctowl, Noctowl (#164) under evolves to.

Hoothoot sits at 59/115 in Unseen Forces, position 61 of 145. Before it is 58 Gloom, and after it is 60 Houndour. 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 Common.

The attack Confuse Ray lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Peck is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Hoothoot (#163) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Hoothoot 60/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Hoothoot list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 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. Hoothoot can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.