Erika's Tangela 79/132 · Gym Heroes

Tangela is Pokédex #114, generation 1 (Kanto). Erika's Tangela is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 21. The card lists Tangrowth, Tangrowth (#465) under evolves to.

Erika's Tangela sits at 79/132 in Gym Heroes, position 79 of 132. Before it is 78 Erika's Oddish, and after it is 80 Lt. Surge's Magnemite. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on August 14, 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Vine Slap lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Stretch Vine is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and this attack does 20 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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 is named Tangela, while this one is Erika's Tangela. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Tangela list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Heroes set binder is where a full Gym Heroes 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Erika and her Pokémon. I still need this card.