Carracosta 26/101 · Noble Victories

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 26/101 in Noble Victories, position 26 of 102. Before it is 25 Tirtouga, and after it is 27 Vanillite. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 16, 2011. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Solid Rock is listed as Ability. If any damage is done to this Pokémon by attacks, flip a coin. If heads, reduce that damage by 50 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Crunch lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "They can live both in the ocean and on land. A slap from one of them is enough to open a hole in the bottom of a tanker."

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 2013 to 2025. The earliest other card is Carracosta 28/101 in Plasma Blast (2013). Both list 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Carracosta list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Noble Victories set binder is where a full Noble Victories 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). I still need this card.