Absol 96/95 · Team Magma vs Team Aqua

Absol is Pokédex #359, generation 3 (Hoenn). Absol is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP.

Absol sits at 96/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua, position 96 of 97. Before it is 95 Swampert ex, and after it is 97 Jirachi. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 March 2004. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 97 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 95. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Feint Attack is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies or any other effects on that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Absol (#359) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Absol 1/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

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

Team Magma vs Team Aqua set binder is where a full Team Magma vs Team Aqua set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.