Dark Vileplume (Team Rocket 13)

Dark Vileplume LV.29 ラフレシア Bad Rafflesia

Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Dark Gloom Card name Dark Vileplume Type Grass HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Team Rocket Rarity English card no. 13/82 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Japanese rarity Expansion Team Rocket Rarity English card no. 30/82 TCG GB2 set Team Rocket's Ambition TCG GB2 ID H08 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Vileplume.

Dark Vileplume (Japanese: わるいラフレシア Bad Rafflesia) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Team Rocket expansion.

Card text

Pokémon Power: Hay Fever アレルギーかふん

No Trainer cards can be played. This power stops working while Dark Vileplume is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Petal Whirlwind はなびらのうず 30×

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. If you get 2 or more heads, Dark Vileplume is now Confused (after doing damage).

Pokédex data

Grass Grass Vileplume - Flower Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
045	3'11" (1.2 m)	41 lbs. (18.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
Perhaps because of their strong-smelling pollen, other Pokémon do not approach areas where Vileplume live.
強烈な花粉のためか、ラフレシアの生息する場所に他のポケモンは近づくことができない。

Trivia

• This card's Pokémon Power when used in tandem with Brock's Ninetales' Shapeshift Pokémon Power was widely exploited in Japanese leagues and tournaments before an errata was issued that prevented Pokémon Powers from being used when using Brock's Ninetales' Shapeshift Pokémon Power.
• The non-holographic version of this card incorrectly has a Weakness.

Origin

Hay Fever is similar to Mold Breaker, an ability that Vileplume cannot have in the Pokémon game. Petal Whirlwind appears to be based on Petal Dance, a move in the Pokémon games that Vileplume can learn.

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