Tyranitar ex 17/17 · POP Series 1

Tyranitar is Pokédex #248, generation 2 (Johto). Tyranitar ex is a Stage 2 ex Darkness Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Pupitar. In this catalog that name is Pupitar (#247).

Tyranitar ex sits at 17/17 in POP Series 1, position 17 of 17. The card before it is 16 Armaldo ex. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Scratch lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Critical Crush is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Basic Energy cards attached to Tyranitar ex or this attack does nothing. Weakness is Grass ×2 and Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Tyranitar, while this one is Tyranitar ex. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hisao Nakamura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 46 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hisao Nakamura. I count 71 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 1 set binder is where a full POP Series 1 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.