Aerodactyl GL 55/111 · Rising Rivals

Aerodactyl is Pokédex #142, generation 1 (Kanto). Aerodactyl GL is a Basic SP Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 62.

Aerodactyl GL sits at 55/111 in Rising Rivals, position 55 of 120. Before it is 54 Whiscash E4, and after it is 56 Ambipom G. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Collect lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw 2 cards. Primal Breath is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Your opponent can't play any Pokémon from his or her hand to Evolve or to Level-Up the Defending Pokémon during his or her next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20.

Aerodactyl (#142) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Aerodactyl 1/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Aerodactyl, while this one is Aerodactyl GL. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Suwama Chiaki illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Aerodactyl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Suwama Chiaki. I count 102 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aerodactyl can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.