Kabutops ex 97/100 · Sandstorm

Sandstorm is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 18, 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Kabutops ex is 97/100, in position 97 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 96 Gardevoir ex, and after it is 98 Raichu ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Kabutops ex is a Stage 2 ex Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Kabutops (#141), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Kabuto. In this catalog that name is Kabuto (#140).

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

Kabutops (#141) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kabutops 9/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Kabutops, while this one is Kabutops ex. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Kabutops list a different HP.

The attack Hydrocutter lists 40× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a number of coins equal to the amount of Energy attached to Kabutops ex. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. You can't flip more than 3 coins in this way. Spiral Drain is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from Kabutops ex (remove 1 if there is only 1). Weakness is Grass ×2 and Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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