POP Series 5

Espeon ★

P5FR16· Rare
Espeon ★ P5 16

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What the card itself says

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HP
70
Type
Psychic
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
16/17
Set
POP Series 5P5
Illustrated by
Masakazu Fukuda

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Its Ability

Purple Ray

Once during your turn, when you put Espeon Star from your hand onto your Bench, you may use this power. Each Active Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's) is now Confused.

Its attacks

Psychic Boom

30+

Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    70 HP. Only 2 cards in POP Series 5 carry more.

  2. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  3. A strength

    It has an Ability, Purple Ray. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  4. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  5. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 2,400 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

POP Series 5 landed here on 1 March 2007.

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The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 39 Espeon cards on one page, priciest first.

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