Vileplume 94/91 · Paldean Fates

Paldean Fates is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 26 January 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. Vileplume is 94/91, in position 94 of 245 on this checklist. Before it is 93 Gloom, and after it is 95 Scyther. The collector number is above the printed set size of 91. The listed rarity is Shiny Rare.

Vileplume is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 140 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).

0313 illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

Vileplume (#045) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 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 lists 80 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Shiny Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and 0313 illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

Fully Blooming Energy is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may look at the top 8 cards of your deck and attach any number of Basic Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. The attack Solar Beam lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The larger its petals, the more toxic pollen it contains. Its big head is heavy and hard to hold up." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paldean Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paldean Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vileplume can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Flower Pokémon. I still need this card.