Whirlipede 133/86 · Black Bolt

Whirlipede is Pokédex #544, generation 5 (Unova). Whirlipede is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Venipede. In this catalog that name is Venipede (#543). The card lists Scolipede, Scolipede (#545) under evolves to.

Whirlipede sits at 133/86 in Black Bolt, position 132 of 171. Before it is 132 Venipede, and after it is 134 Scolipede. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 18 July 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Venoshock lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is Poisoned, this attack does 60 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Protected by a hard shell, it spins its body like a wheel and crashes furiously into its enemies." The regulation mark is I.

Whirlipede (#544) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Whirlipede 53/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and kurumitsu illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 5 other cards of Whirlipede list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kurumitsu. I count 33 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Black Bolt set binder is where a full Black Bolt set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Whirlipede can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Bug Pokémon. I still need this card.