Plusle 36/95 · HS—Unleashed

Plusle is Pokédex #311, generation 3 (Hoenn). Plusle is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP.

Plusle sits at 36/95 in HS—Unleashed, position 36 of 96. Before it is 35 Numel, and after it is 37 Poliwhirl. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 12 May 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Collect lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw 2 cards. Thunder Jolt is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If tails, Plusle does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It absorbs electricity from telephone poles. It shorts out its body to create crackling noises."

Plusle (#311) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Plusle 8/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Plusle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Unleashed set binder is where a full HS—Unleashed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Plusle can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.