Tyranitar 26/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Tyranitar is 26/95, in position 26 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Torkoal, and after it is 27 Ursaring. The listed rarity is Rare.

Tyranitar is a Stage 2 Darkness Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tyranitar (#248), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Pupitar. In this catalog that name is Pupitar (#247).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 45 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The attack Tail Crush lists 40+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Hyper Beam is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Extremely strong, it can change the landscape. It has an insolent nature that makes it not care about others."

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