Wartortle 50/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

Wartortle is Pokédex #008, generation 1 (Kanto). Wartortle is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Squirtle. In this catalog that name is Squirtle (#007). The card lists Blastoise, Blastoise (#009) under evolves to.

Wartortle sits at 50/112 in FireRed & LeafGreen, position 50 of 116. Before it is 49 Venomoth, and after it is 51 Weepinbell. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Water Gun lists 20+ damage. The cost is Water. Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Wartortle but not used to pay for this attack's Energy cost. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way. Smash Turn is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. After your attack, you may switch Wartortle with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Wartortle (#008) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Wartortle 42/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 11 other cards of Wartortle list a different HP.

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

FireRed & LeafGreen set binder is where a full FireRed & LeafGreen set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Wartortle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.