Erika's Vileplume (Gym Heroes 5)

Erika's Vileplume LV.34 エリカのラフレシア Erika's Ruffresia

Illus. Ken Sugimori

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Erika's Gloom Card name Erika's Vileplume Type Grass HP 80 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Gym Heroes Rarity English card no. 5/132 Japanese expansion Leaders' Stadium Japanese rarity Japanese Theme Deck Tamamushi City Gym For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Vileplume.

Erika's Vileplume (Japanese: エリカのラフレシア Erika's Ruffresia) is a Grass-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Gym Heroes expansion.

Card text

Pokémon Power: Pollen Defense ぼうぎょかふん

If an attack does damage to Erika's Vileplume while it's your Active Pokémon (even if it's Knocked Out), flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. This power works even while Erika's Vileplume is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Mega Drain メガドレイン 30

If Erika's Vileplume does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), remove a number of damage counters from Erika's Vileplume equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Erika's Vileplume has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.

Pokédex data

Vileplume - Flower Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
045	3'11" (1.2 m)	41 lbs. (18.6 kg)

Release information

In Japan, this card was released in the Tamamushi City Gym Theme Deck. It was later released in the Gym Heroes expansion, having been previously reprinted in the Japanese Leaders' Stadium expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Gym Leader Erika owns a Vileplume that knows Mega Drain in Pokémon Red and Blue. Mega Drain is a move in the Pokémon games that Vileplume can learn via TM21 in Generation I and by level-up from Generation III onward.

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