Plusle 13/17 · POP Series 1

Plusle is Pokédex #311, generation 3 (Hoenn). Plusle is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP.

Plusle sits at 13/17 in POP Series 1, position 13 of 17. Before it is 12 Minun, and after it is 14 Surskit. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on 1 September 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Agility is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Plusle during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -30. Retreat cost is 1.

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). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Plusle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 1 set binder is where a full POP Series 1 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.