Tentacruel 41/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Tentacruel is Pokédex #073, generation 1 (Kanto). Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Tentacool. In this catalog that name is Tentacool (#072).

Tentacruel sits at 41/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 41 of 238. Before it is 40 Tentacool, and after it is 42 Slowpoke. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Wicked Tentacles lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Move an Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon to another of their Pokémon. If you do, put 3 damage counters on the Pokémon you moved the Energy to. Wrap is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It fires off ultrasonic waves from its red orbs to weaken its prey, and then it wraps them up in its 80 tentacles."

Tentacruel (#073) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Tentacruel 44/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Tentacruel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 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. Tentacruel can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.