Basculin 30/99 · Next Destinies

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

Basculin sits at 30/99 in Next Destinies, position 30 of 103. Before it is 29 Simipour, and after it is 31 Vanillite. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 8, 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Bared Fangs is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water. If, before this Pokémon does damage, the Defending Pokémon has no damage counters on it, this attack does nothing. 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 8 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 Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Basculin list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Next Destinies set binder is where a full Next Destinies 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.