Krabby 75/106 · Great Encounters

Krabby is Pokédex #098, generation 1 (Kanto). Krabby is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 8. The card lists Kingler, Kingler (#099) under evolves to.

Krabby sits at 75/106 in Great Encounters, position 75 of 106. Before it is 74 Koffing, and after it is 76 Lunatone. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Irongrip lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Guillotine is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It lives in burrows dug on sandy beaches. Its pincers fully grow back if they are broken in battle."

Krabby (#098) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Krabby 51/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Krabby list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Great Encounters set binder is where a full Great Encounters set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Krabby can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.