Tyrogue 63/147 · Aquapolis

Tyrogue is Pokédex #236, generation 2 (Johto). Tyrogue is a Baby Fighting Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists Hitmonlee, Hitmonlee (#106), Hitmonchan, Hitmonchan (#107), and Hitmontop, Hitmontop (#237) under evolves to.

Tyrogue sits at 63/147 in Aquapolis, position 63 of 182. Before it is 62 Spinarak, and after it is 64 Voltorb. 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 Energy Punch lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, discard a Special Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. If tails, this attack does nothing. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: If your Active Pokémon is a Baby Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.

Tyrogue (#236) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tyrogue 66/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 30 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Miki Tanaka illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Tyrogue list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 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. Tyrogue can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.