Kingler 47/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Kingler is Pokédex #099, generation 1 (Kanto). Kingler is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Krabby. In this catalog that name is Krabby (#098).

Kingler sits at 47/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 47 of 238. Before it is 46 Krabby, and after it is 48 Goldeen. 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 Rare.

The attack Bubble Beam lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Massive Rend is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Its large and hard pincer has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, being so big, it is unwieldy to move."

Kingler (#099) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kingler 38/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 10 other cards of Kingler 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. Kingler can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.