Cacnea 67/127 · Platinum

Cacnea is Pokédex #331, generation 3 (Hoenn). Cacnea is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 16. The card lists Cacturne, Cacturne (#332) under evolves to.

Cacnea sits at 67/127 in Platinum, position 67 of 133. Before it is 66 Zangoose, and after it is 68 Carnivine. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Sneaky Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If Cacnea has any Darkness Energy attached to it, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Shoot Needle is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip 2 coins. For each heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon and this attack does 10 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can choose the same Pokémon more than once, but you can't do more than 10 damage to that Pokémon in this way.) Weakness is Fire +10. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "By storing water in its body, this desert dweller can survive 30 days without water."

Cacnea (#331) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacnea 57/100 in Sandstorm (2003). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Cacnea list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cacnea can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.