Carnivine 16/102 · HS—Triumphant

Carnivine is Pokédex #455, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Carnivine is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP.

Carnivine sits at 16/102 in HS—Triumphant, position 16 of 103. Before it is 15 Bronzong, and after it is 17 Ditto. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Saliva Lure lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Switch the Defending Pokémon with 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Stick and Absorb is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Remove 3 damage counters from Carnivine. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It walks around on its tentacles in search of a tree branch where it can dangle down and ambush prey."

Carnivine (#455) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Carnivine 21/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Carnivine list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Triumphant set binder is where a full HS—Triumphant set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Carnivine can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.