Basculin 25/98 · Emerging Powers

Basculin is Pokédex #550, generation 5 (Unova). Basculin is a Basic Water Pokémon with 80 HP.

Basculin sits at 25/98 in Emerging Powers, position 25 of 98. Before it is 24 Basculin, and after it is 26 Ducklett. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Splatter is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Colorless. Does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Red and blue Basculin usually do not get along, but sometimes members of one school mingle with the other's school."

Basculin (#550) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Basculin 35/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Basculin list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers 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.