Wartortle 42/95 · 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. Wartortle is 42/95, in position 42 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 41 Tauros, and after it is 43 Aipom. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Wartortle is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Wartortle (#008), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Squirtle. In this catalog that name is Squirtle (#007). The card lists Blastoise, Blastoise (#009) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Wartortle (#008) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Wartortle 42/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Wartortle list a different HP.

The attack Water Arrow lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Surf is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is a well-established symbol of longevity. If its shell has algae on it, that Wartortle is very old."

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. Wartortle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.