Kingler 15/165 · Expedition Base Set

Kingler is Pokédex #099, generation 1 (Kanto). Kingler is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Krabby. In this catalog that name is Krabby (#098).

Kingler sits at 15/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 15 of 165. Before it is 14 Golem, and after it is 16 Machamp. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Bubble lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Giant Claw is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Kingler (#099) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kingler 38/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 8 other cards of Kingler list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshida. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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