Espeon 16/100 · Sandstorm

Espeon is Pokédex #196, generation 2 (Johto). Espeon is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

Espeon sits at 16/100 in Sandstorm, position 16 of 100. Before it is 15 Arcanine, and after it is 17 Golduck. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 18 September 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Confuse Ray lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Energy Crush is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 more damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Espeon (#196) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Espeon 1/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 34 other cards of Espeon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sandstorm set binder is where a full Sandstorm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Espeon can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions and Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.