Tentacruel 51/101 · Hidden Legends

Tentacruel is Pokédex #073, generation 1 (Kanto). Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Tentacool. In this catalog that name is Tentacool (#072).

Tentacruel sits at 51/101 in Hidden Legends, position 51 of 102. Before it is 50 Swalot, and after it is 52 Baltoy. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on June 1, 2004. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Long Tentacle lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Toxic is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns. Weakness is Lightning ×2.

Tentacruel (#073) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Tentacruel 44/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Hisao Nakamura illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Tentacruel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hisao Nakamura. I count 71 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Hidden Legends set binder is where a full Hidden Legends set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tentacruel can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.