Ursaring 110/144 · Skyridge

Ursaring is Pokédex #217, generation 2 (Johto). Ursaring is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Teddiursa. In this catalog that name is Teddiursa (#216).

Ursaring sits at 110/144 in Skyridge, position 110 of 182. Before it is 109 Teddiursa, and after it is 111 Venomoth. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Bear Hug lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Rend is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. If not, this attack does 40 damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Ursaring (#217) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2022. The earliest other card is Ursaring 15/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 12 other cards of Ursaring list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ursaring can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.