Breloom 22/106 · Emerald

Breloom is Pokédex #286, generation 3 (Hoenn). Breloom is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Shroomish. In this catalog that name is Shroomish (#285).

Breloom sits at 22/106 in Emerald, position 22 of 107. Before it is 21 Zangoose, and after it is 23 Camerupt. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 May 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Power Blow lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Breloom. Body Slam is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Breloom (#286) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Breloom 16/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Breloom list a different HP.

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

Emerald set binder is where a full Emerald set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Breloom 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.