Galvantula 46/114 · Black & White

Galvantula is Pokédex #596, generation 5 (Unova). Galvantula is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Joltik. In this catalog that name is Joltik (#595).

Galvantula sits at 46/114 in Black & White, position 46 of 115. Before it is 45 Joltik, and after it is 47 Zekrom. 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 Rare.

The attack Electroweb lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Leech Life is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They employ an electrically charged web to trap their prey. While it is immobilized by shock, they leisurely consume it."

Galvantula (#596) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Galvantula 34/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Galvantula list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 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. Galvantula can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.