Tangrowth 8/147 · 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. Tangrowth is 8/147, in position 8 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Tangela, and after it is 9 Ledyba. The listed rarity is Rare.

Tangrowth is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tangrowth (#465), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Tangela. In this catalog that name is Tangela (#114).

tetsuya koizumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

Tangrowth (#465) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tangrowth 10/106 in Great Encounters (2008). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 13 other cards of Tangrowth list a different HP.

The attack Giga Drain lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Crosswise Whip is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 50 damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It ensnares prey by extending arms made of vines. Losing arms to predators does not trouble it."

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. Tangrowth can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.