Dark Vileplume (Team Rocket 13)

Dark Vileplume LV.29
ラフレシア Bad Ruffresia

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 Ruffresia) 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

Vileplume - Flower Pokémon

No.

045

Height

3'11" (1.2 m)

Weight

41 lbs. (18.6 kg)

Pokédex entry

Perhaps because of their strong-smelling pollen, other Pokémon do not approach areas where Vileplumes 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。

Release information

This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang expansion as a Holofoil card.

Gallery

Holofoil print
Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Non Holofoil print
Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

TCG GB2 Team Rocket's Ambition sprite

Trivia

This card's Pokémon Power when used in tandem with Brock's Ninetales's Shapeshift Pokémon Power was widely exploited in Japanese leagues and tournaments before an erratum was issued that prevented Pokémon Powers from being used when using Brock's Ninetales's Shapeshift Pokémon Power.
This card's Pokédex entry erroneously refers to the plural of Vileplume as Vileplumes.
The Non Holofoil print erroneously has a Fighting-type Weakness, instead of the Fire-type.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.