Croconaw 19/73 · Shining Legends

Croconaw is Pokédex #159, generation 2 (Johto). Croconaw is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Totodile. In this catalog that name is Totodile (#158). The card lists Feraligatr, Feraligatr (#160) under evolves to.

Croconaw sits at 19/73 in Shining Legends, position 20 of 81. Before it is 18 Totodile, and after it is 20 Feraligatr. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on October 6, 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

Plunge is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is on your Bench, you may move all Energy from your Active Pokémon to this Pokémon. If you do, switch it with your Active Pokémon. The attack Bite lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth."

Croconaw (#159) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Croconaw 31/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 12 other cards of Croconaw list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Shining Legends set binder is where a full Shining Legends set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Croconaw can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.