Tangela 77/99 · Arceus

Tangela is Pokédex #114, generation 1 (Kanto). Tangela is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 9. The card lists Tangrowth, Tangrowth (#465) under evolves to.

Tangela sits at 77/99 in Arceus, position 77 of 111. Before it is 76 Tangela, and after it is 78 Treecko. 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 Common.

The attack Collect lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw a card. Stun Spore is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire +10. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The blue vines shrouding its body are covered in a growth of fine hair. It is known to be ticklish."

Tangela (#114) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tangela 66/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 24 other cards of Tangela list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 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. Tangela can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.