Heracross 11/147 · Burning Shadows

Burning Shadows is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. Heracross is 11/147, in position 11 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 10 Ledian, and after it is 12 Pansage. The listed rarity is Rare.

Heracross is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Heracross (#214), generation 2 (Johto).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

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 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

Guts is listed as Ability. If this Pokémon would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, flip a coin. If heads, this Pokémon is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10. The attack Pitch lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Your opponent switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This powerful Pokémon thrusts its prized horn under its enemies' bellies, then lifts and throws them."

I keep a set binder for Burning Shadows, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Burning Shadows set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heracross can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.