Ariados 20/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Ariados is Pokédex #168, generation 2 (Johto). Ariados is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 32. The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Ariados sits at 20/123 in Mysterious Treasures, position 20 of 124. Before it is 19 Abomasnow, and after it is 21 Bastiodon. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on August 1, 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Sticky is listed as Poké-Body. The Retreat Cost for each player's Pokémon (excluding Ariados) is Colorless more. The attack Offensive Needle lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It attaches silk to its prey and sets it free. Later, it tracks the silk to the prey and its friends."

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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