Carracosta 28/101 · Plasma Blast

Carracosta is Pokédex #565, generation 5 (Unova). Carracosta is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Tirtouga. In this catalog that name is Tirtouga (#564).

Carracosta sits at 28/101 in Plasma Blast, position 28 of 105. Before it is 27 Tirtouga, and after it is 29 Ducklett. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Fossil Clutch lists 50+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard an Item card that has Fossil in its name from your hand. If you do, this attack does 50 more damage. Waterfall is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It could knock out a foe with a slap from one of its developed front appendages and chew it up, shell or bones and all."

Carracosta (#565) has 6 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Carracosta 26/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. match illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Carracosta list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Blast set binder is where a full Plasma Blast set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Carracosta 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.