Octillery 6/95 · 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. Octillery is 6/95, in position 6 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 5 Mismagius, and after it is 7 Politoed. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Octillery is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Octillery (#224), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Remoraid. In this catalog that name is Remoraid (#223).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Octillery (#224) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Octillery 34/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Octillery list a different HP.

The attack Switch Cannon lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Switch Octillery with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Ink Bomb is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It traps foes with the suction cups on its tentacles, then smashes them with its rock-hard head."

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. Octillery can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.