Heracross 9/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Heracross is Pokédex #214, generation 2 (Johto). Heracross is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 130 HP.

Heracross sits at 9/236 in Cosmic Eclipse, position 9 of 272. Before it is 8 Sunflora, and after it is 10 Lileep. 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 Lunge Out lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Riled Horn is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has any TAG TEAM Pokémon in play, this attack does 70 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It's proud of its thick horn. In Alola, its biggest rival is Vikavolt, which it's always fighting with."

Heracross (#214) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Heracross 6/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 23 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Satoshi Shirai. I count 50 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. Heracross can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.