Yanmega 5/17 · POP Series 8

Yanmega is Pokédex #469, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Yanmega is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 42. The card says it evolves from Yanma. In this catalog that name is Yanma (#193).

Yanmega sits at 5/17 in POP Series 8, position 5 of 17. Before it is 4 Probopass, and after it is 6 Cherrim. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on 1 September 2008. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Supersonic lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Air Slash is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard an Energy attached to Yanmega. Weakness is Lightning +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. The flavor text reads "By churning its wings, it creates shock waves that inflict critical internal injuries to foes."

Yanmega (#469) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Yanmega 17/146 in Legends Awakened (2008). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Yanmega list a different HP.

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

POP Series 8 set binder is where a full POP Series 8 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Yanmega can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.