Tangrowth 10/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Tangrowth is 10/99, in position 10 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Swalot, and after it is 11 Toxicroak. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tangrowth is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. The card lists level 48. In the Pokédex this is Tangrowth (#465), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Tangela. In this catalog that name is Tangela (#114).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Tangrowth (#465) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tangrowth 10/106 in Great Encounters (2008). Both list 110 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 12 other cards of Tangrowth list a different HP.

The attack Leaf Guard lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Tangrowth by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Swallow Up is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Before doing damage, count the remaining HP of the Defending Pokémon and Tangrowth. If the Defending Pokémon has fewer remaining HP than Tangrowth's, this attack does 120 damage instead. Weakness is Fire +30. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its arms are made of plants that bind themselves to things. They grow back right away if cut."

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