Krookodile 70/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Krookodile is 70/116, in position 70 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 69 Krokorok, and after it is 71 Pawniard. The listed rarity is Rare.

Krookodile is a Stage 2 Team Plasma Darkness Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Krookodile (#553), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Krokorok. In this catalog that name is Krokorok (#552).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Krookodile (#553) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Krookodile 65/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Krookodile list a different HP.

The attack Piston Headbutt lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness. Move an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Hammer In is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Very violent Pokémon, they try to clamp down on anything that moves in front of their eyes."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Freeze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Freeze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Krookodile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.