Cranidos 46/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Cranidos is 46/127, in position 46 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 45 Combusken, and after it is 47 Crobat G. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Cranidos is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 27. In the Pokédex this is Cranidos (#408), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Skull Fossil. The card lists Rampardos, Rampardos (#409) under evolves to.

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

Cranidos (#408) has 6 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Cranidos DP07/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Cranidos list a different HP.

The attack Rock Smash lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. Knock Over is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. You may discard any Stadium card in play. Weakness is Grass +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A lifelong jungle dweller from 100 million years ago, it would snap obstructing trees with head butts."

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cranidos can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.