Tyranitar 29/165 · 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. Tyranitar is 29/165, in position 29 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Typhlosion, and after it is 30 Venusaur. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tyranitar is a Stage 2 Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tyranitar (#248), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Pupitar. In this catalog that name is Pupitar (#247).

Kimiya Masago illustrated this card. The same name is on 24 other cards in the catalog.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kimiya Masago illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 40 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

Dark Aura is listed as Poké-Body. All Energy attached to Tyranitar is Darkness Energy instead of its usual type. The attack Stamp lists 50+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Darkness, Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 10 more damage and does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, if any. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 4.

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. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.