Heracross 8/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Heracross is Pokédex #214, generation 2 (Johto). Heracross is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 100 HP.

Heracross sits at 8/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 8 of 153. Before it is 7 Scyther, and after it is 9 Celebi-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Horn Attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Giga Horn is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If both of them are tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "No matter how heavy its opponents, it flings them far away with its prized horn."

Heracross (#214) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Heracross 6/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Boundaries Crossed set binder is where a full Boundaries Crossed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heracross can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.