Pupitar 56/147 · Aquapolis

Pupitar is Pokédex #247, generation 2 (Johto). Pupitar is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Larvitar. In this catalog that name is Larvitar (#246). The card lists Tyranitar, Tyranitar (#248) under evolves to.

Pupitar sits at 56/147 in Aquapolis, position 56 of 182. Before it is 55 Nidorino, and after it is 57 Scyther. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Thrash lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage. If tails, Pupitar does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Pupitar (#247) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pupitar 45/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Pupitar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 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. Pupitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.