Tauros 133/165 · Expedition Base Set

Expedition Base Set is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. Tauros is 133/165, in position 133 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 132 Squirtle, and after it is 134 Totodile. The listed rarity is Common.

Tauros is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tauros (#128), generation 1 (Kanto).

Yuichi Sawayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 3 other cards in the catalog.

Tauros (#128) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tauros 47/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Yuichi Sawayama illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Tauros list a different HP.

The attack Horn Hazard lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Take Down is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Tauros does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Expedition Base Set, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Expedition Base Set set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tauros can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.