Kabuto 67/99 · 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. Kabuto is 67/99, in position 67 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 66 Gulpin, and after it is 68 Makuhita. The listed rarity is Common.

Kabuto is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 33. In the Pokédex this is Kabuto (#140), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Dome Fossil. The card lists Kabutops, Kabutops (#141) under evolves to.

Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 38 other cards in the catalog.

Kabuto (#140) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kabuto 50/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Kabuto list a different HP.

The attack Fast Evolution lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for up to 2 Evolution cards, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Speed Attack is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is thought to have inhabited beaches 300 million years ago. It is protected by a stiff shell."

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. Kabuto can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.