Ariados 3/147 · Aquapolis

Ariados is Pokédex #168, generation 2 (Johto). Ariados is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Ariados sits at 3/147 in Aquapolis, position 3 of 182. Before it is 2 Arcanine, and after it is 4 Azumarill. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on January 15, 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Gluey Slime is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Ariados is in play, each player must pay an additional Colorless to retreat his or her Active Pokémon. Gluey Slime can't make a player pay more than an additional Colorless to retreat a Pokémon, even if there is more than 1 Ariados in play. The attack Spider Force lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. If tails, this attack does 20 damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2.

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

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

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ariados can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.