Phanpy 15/17 · POP Series 2

POP Series 2 is a set in the POP series. It was released on 1 August 2005. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Phanpy is 15/17, in position 15 of 17 on this checklist. Before it is 14 Luvdisc, and after it is 16 Pikachu. The listed rarity is Common.

Phanpy is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Phanpy (#231), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Donphan, Donphan (#232) under evolves to.

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

Phanpy (#231) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Phanpy 43/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Phanpy list a different HP.

The attack Double Spin lists 10× damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Body Slam is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for POP Series 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the POP Series 2 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Phanpy can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.