Tangela 8/83 · Generations

Tangela is Pokédex #114, generation 1 (Kanto). Tangela is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Tangrowth, Tangrowth (#465) under evolves to.

Tangela sits at 8/83 in Generations, position 8 of 117. Before it is 7 Parasect, and after it is 9 Pinsir. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 22, 2016. The printed size is 83. This checklist is longer, at 117 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Absorb lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon. Vine Whip is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It tangles any moving thing with its vines. Their subtle shaking is ticklish if you get ensnared."

Tangela (#114) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tangela 66/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Tangela list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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