Vileplume-GX 4/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 1 November 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Vileplume-GX is 4/236, in position 4 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 3 Gloom, and after it is 5 Tangela. The listed rarity is Rare Holo GX.

Vileplume-GX is a Stage 2 GX Grass Pokémon with 240 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vileplume (#045), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Vileplume (#045) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vileplume 15/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Vileplume, while this one is Vileplume-GX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 240 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo GX. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

Fragrant Flower Garden is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may heal 30 damage from each of your Pokémon. The attack Massive Bloom lists 180- damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. This attack does 10 less damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Allergic Explosion-GX is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned, Paralyzed, and Poisoned. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Cosmic Eclipse, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Cosmic Eclipse set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vileplume can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.