Kakuna 66/111 · Rising Rivals

Kakuna is Pokédex #014, generation 1 (Kanto). Kakuna is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 8. The card says it evolves from Weedle. In this catalog that name is Weedle (#013). The card lists Beedrill, Beedrill (#015) under evolves to.

Kakuna sits at 66/111 in Rising Rivals, position 66 of 120. Before it is 65 Houndoom E4, and after it is 67 Kecleon. 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.

Exoskeleton is listed as Poké-Body. Any damage done to Kakuna by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Dangerous Evolution lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for an Evolution card that evolves from Kakuna and put it onto Kakuna. (This counts as evolving Kakuna.) Shuffle your deck afterward. Weakness is Fire +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "While awaiting evolution, it hides from predators under leaves and in nooks of branches."

Kakuna (#014) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Kakuna 33/102 in Base (1999). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Kakuna list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 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. Kakuna can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.