Quagsire 9/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Quagsire is 9/123, in position 9 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Noctowl, and after it is 10 Raichu. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Quagsire is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Quagsire (#195), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Wooper. In this catalog that name is Wooper (#194).

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Quagsire (#195) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2023. The earliest other card is Quagsire 45/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 14 other cards of Quagsire list a different HP.

The attack Muddy Water lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Mud Shot is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Due to its relaxed and carefree attitude, it often bumps its head on boulders and boat hulls as it swims."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Quagsire can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.