Mudkip 18/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos
Nintendo Black Star Promos is a set in the NP series. It was released on 1 October 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. Mudkip is 18/40, in position 18 of 40 on this checklist. Before it is 17 Torchic, and after it is 19 Whismur. The listed rarity is Promo.
Mudkip is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Mudkip (#258), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Marshtomp, Marshtomp (#259) under evolves to.
Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.
Mudkip (#258) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2021. The earliest other card is Mudkip 59/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Mudkip list a different HP.
The attack Surf lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Whirlpool is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.
I keep a set binder for Nintendo Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Mudkip can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 18/40
- Series
- NP
- Released
- 1 October 2003
- Rarity
- Promo
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 50
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex
- Mudkip (#258)
- Evolves to
- Marshtomp
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
AttackWhirlpool
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Mudkip from?
Nintendo Black Star Promos, in the NP series. It was released on 1 October 2003. The printed size is 40.
What is the collector number?
18/40. It is entry 18 of 40 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Kagemaru Himeno. The catalog lists 656 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Promo.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Mudkip #258, generation 3 (Hoenn).
Which attacks are printed?
Surf (10) and Whirlpool (10).