Kabutops 4/99 · Arceus

Kabutops is Pokédex #141, generation 1 (Kanto). Kabutops is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 59. The card says it evolves from Kabuto. In this catalog that name is Kabuto (#140).

Kabutops sits at 4/99 in Arceus, position 4 of 111. Before it is 3 Heatran, and after it is 5 Luxray. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Primal Scythe lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting. You may discard Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, or Old Amber from your hand. If you do, this attack does 20 damage plus 50 more damage. Rock Slide is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass +30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land."

Kabutops (#141) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kabutops 9/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Kabutops list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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