Politoed 18/111 · Furious Fists

Furious Fists is a set in the XY series. It was released on 13 August 2014. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. Politoed is 18/111, in position 18 of 114 on this checklist. Before it is 17 Poliwrath, and after it is 19 Glaceon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Politoed is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Politoed (#186), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Poliwhirl. In this catalog that name is Poliwhirl (#061).

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Politoed (#186) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2022. The earliest other card is Politoed 8/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 8 other cards of Politoed list a different HP.

King's Song is listed as Ability. Ignore all Colorless Energy in the attack cost of each of your Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Poliwrath's attacks. The attack Hyper Voice lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Whenever three or more of these get together, they sing in a loud voice that sounds like bellowing."

I keep a set binder for Furious Fists, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Furious Fists set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Politoed can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.