Carvanha 51/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Carvanha is Pokédex #318, generation 3 (Hoenn). Carvanha is a Basic Water Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Sharpedo, Sharpedo (#319) under evolves to.

Carvanha sits at 51/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 51 of 109. Before it is 50 Aron, and after it is 52 Electrike. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

Rough Skin is listed as Poké-Body. If Carvanha is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Carvanha is Knocked Out), put 1 damage counter on the Attacking Pokémon. The attack Big Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Carvanha (#318) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2025. The earliest other card is Team Aqua's Carvanha 25/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004). That card is named Team Aqua's Carvanha, while this one is Carvanha. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mt. TBT illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Carvanha list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Carvanha can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.