Simisage 5/182 · Paradox Rift

Simisage is Pokédex #512, generation 5 (Unova). Simisage is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Pansage. In this catalog that name is Pansage (#511).

Simisage sits at 5/182 in Paradox Rift, position 5 of 266. Before it is 4 Pansage, and after it is 6 Dwebble. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 3 November 2023. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 266 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Monkey Trio is listed as Ability. If you have Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour in play, ignore all Colorless Energy in the costs of attacks used by this Pokémon. The attack Arm Thrust Needle lists 100 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from Pokémon that have an Ability, except any Simisage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Ill tempered, it fights by swinging its barbed tail around wildly. The leaf growing on its head is very bitter." The regulation mark is G.

Simisage (#512) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisage 8/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Kurata So illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 6 other cards of Simisage list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kurata So. I count 22 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Paradox Rift set binder is where a full Paradox Rift set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Simisage can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.