Octillery 23/111 · Crimson Invasion

Crimson Invasion is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 3, 2017. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 126 cards. Octillery is 23/111, in position 23 of 126 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Remoraid, and after it is 24 Corphish. The listed rarity is Rare.

Octillery is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Octillery (#224), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Remoraid. In this catalog that name is Remoraid (#223).

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

Octillery (#224) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Octillery 34/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Octillery list a different HP.

The attack Ink Spit lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Special Artillery is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. You may discard a Special Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has a tendency to want to be in holes. It prefers rock crags or pots and sprays ink from them before attacking."

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