Cacnea 44/106 · Emerald

Cacnea is Pokédex #331, generation 3 (Hoenn). Cacnea is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Cacturne, Cacturne (#332) under evolves to.

Cacnea sits at 44/106 in Emerald, position 44 of 107. Before it is 43 Baltoy, and after it is 45 Doduo. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on May 1, 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Spike Cannon lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Cacnea (#331) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacnea 57/100 in Sandstorm (2003). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Cacnea list a different HP.

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

Emerald set binder is where a full Emerald set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cacnea can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.