Araquanid 49/236 · Unified Minds

Unified Minds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 2, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 261 cards. Araquanid is 49/236, in position 49 of 261 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Dewpider, and after it is 50 Wimpod. The listed rarity is Rare.

Araquanid is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Araquanid (#752), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Dewpider. In this catalog that name is Dewpider (#751).

Misa Tsutsui illustrated this card. The same name is on 94 other cards in the catalog.

Araquanid (#752) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2022. The earliest other card is Araquanid 46/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. match illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 2 other cards of Araquanid list a different HP.

The attack Tangle Drag lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Sticky Web is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon's attacks cost Colorless more, and its Retreat Cost is Colorless more. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It usually passes its time in the water. When its belly is full, it stores its subdued prey in the water bubble on its head."

I keep a set binder for Unified Minds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unified Minds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Araquanid can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.