Tentacruel 24/145 · Guardians Rising

Tentacruel is Pokédex #073, generation 1 (Kanto). Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Tentacool. In this catalog that name is Tentacool (#072).

Tentacruel sits at 24/145 in Guardians Rising, position 26 of 180. Before it is 23 Tentacool, and after it is 25 Politoed. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Poison Sting lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Seething Tentacles is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage. If tails, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Normally, it has 80 poisonous tentacles. The longer one has been alive, the fewer tentacles it will have."

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 110 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Tentacruel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Guardians Rising set binder is where a full Guardians Rising 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.