Tyranitar 66/165 · Expedition Base Set

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

Tyranitar sits at 66/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 66 of 165. Before it is 65 Typhlosion, and after it is 67 Venusaur. 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.

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.

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. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 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.

The illustrator line reads Kimiya Masago. I count 24 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. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.