Tangrowth 10/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Tangrowth is 10/106, in position 10 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Swampert, and after it is 11 Togekiss. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tangrowth is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. The card lists level 38. In the Pokédex this is Tangrowth (#465), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Tangela. In this catalog that name is Tangela (#114).

Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Tangrowth (#465) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tangrowth 29/100 in Stormfront (2008). Both list 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 12 other cards of Tangrowth list a different HP.

The attack Power Whip lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage for each basic Energy card attached to Tangrowth to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Stick and Absorb is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Remove 3 damage counters from Tangrowth. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fire +30. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It ensnares prey by extending arms made of vines. Losing arms to predators does not trouble it."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tangrowth can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.