Croconaw 74/165 · 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. Croconaw is 74/165, in position 74 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 73 Charmeleon, and after it is 75 Dragonair. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Croconaw is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Croconaw (#159), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Totodile. In this catalog that name is Totodile (#158). The card lists Feraligatr, Feraligatr (#160) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Croconaw (#159) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Croconaw 31/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 8 other cards of Croconaw list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Take Down is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Croconaw does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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