Kricketune 14/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Kricketune is Pokédex #402, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Kricketune is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Kricketot. In this catalog that name is Kricketot (#401).

Kricketune sits at 14/236 in Cosmic Eclipse, position 14 of 272. Before it is 13 Kricketot, and after it is 15 Deerling. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Improvisational Performance lists 30+ damage. The cost is Grass. If you have exactly 1 card in your hand, this attack does 100 more damage. If you have exactly 3 cards in your hand, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. If you have exactly 6 cards in your hand, this attack does 30 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It crosses its knifelike arms in front of its chest when it cries. It can compose melodies ad lib."

Kricketune (#402) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kricketune 27/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Kricketune list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Anesaki Dynamic. I count 134 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Cosmic Eclipse set binder is where a full Cosmic Eclipse set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Kricketune can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.