Tangela 16/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Tangela is Pokédex #114, generation 1 (Kanto). Tangela is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Tangrowth, Tangrowth (#465) under evolves to.

Tangela sits at 16/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 16 of 238. Before it is 15 Victreebel, and after it is 17 Tangrowth. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tangle Drag lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Gentle Slap is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Many writhing vines cover it, so its true identity remains unknown. The blue vines grow its whole life long."

Tangela (#114) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 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 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Tangela list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unbroken Bonds set binder is where a full Unbroken Bonds 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.