Basculin 35/114 · Black & White

Basculin is Pokédex #550, generation 5 (Unova). Basculin is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP.

Basculin sits at 35/114 in Black & White, position 35 of 115. Before it is 34 Simipour, and after it is 36 Ducklett. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on April 25, 2011. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 115 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Crunch lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Red and blue Basculin get along so poorly, they'll start fighting instantly. These Pokémon are very hostile."

Basculin (#550) has 10 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 Basculin 24/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. match illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Basculin list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Black & White set binder is where a full Black & White set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Basculin can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.