Tauros 12/100 · Crystal Guardians

Crystal Guardians is a set in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Tauros is 12/100, in position 12 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 11 Swalot, and after it is 13 Wigglytuff. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tauros is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tauros (#128), generation 1 (Kanto).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

Tauros (#128) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tauros 47/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 31 other cards of Tauros list a different HP.

Crush Chance is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you put Tauros from your hand onto your Bench, you may discard a Stadium card in play. The attack Call for Family lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Horn Attack is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Crystal Guardians, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Crystal Guardians set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tauros can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.