Cacturne ex 91/106 · Emerald

Cacturne is Pokédex #332, generation 3 (Hoenn). Cacturne ex is a Stage 1 ex Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Cacnea. In this catalog that name is Cacnea (#331).

Cacturne ex sits at 91/106 in Emerald, position 91 of 107. Before it is 90 Altaria ex, and after it is 92 Camerupt ex. 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 Rare Holo EX.

Cursed Glare is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Cacturne ex is your Active Pokémon, your opponent can't attach any Special Energy cards (except for Darkness and Metal Energy cards) from his or her hand to his or her Active Pokémon. The attack Psybeam lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Spike Rend is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Cacturne (#332) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacturne 2/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card is named Cacturne, while this one is Cacturne ex. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Cacturne list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hikaru Koike. I count 46 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. Cacturne can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.