Crobat ex 96/107 · Deoxys

Crobat is Pokédex #169, generation 2 (Johto). Crobat ex is a Stage 2 ex Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Golbat. In this catalog that name is Golbat (#042).

Crobat ex sits at 96/107 in Deoxys, position 96 of 108. Before it is 95 Scramble Energy, and after it is 97 Deoxys ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on February 1, 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Distortion is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), if Crobat ex is your Active Pokémon, you may put 1 damage counter on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This power can't be used if Crobat ex is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Cross Attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. If you get 2 or more heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Pester is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 60 damage plus 40 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Crobat (#169) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Crobat 4/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card is named Crobat, while this one is Crobat ex. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Crobat list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Deoxys set binder is where a full Deoxys set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Crobat can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.