Cacnea 5/111 · 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. Cacnea is 5/111, in position 5 of 126 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Exeggcute, and after it is 6 Cacturne. The listed rarity is Common.

Cacnea is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cacnea (#331), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Cacturne, Cacturne (#332) under evolves to.

Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this card. The same name is on 134 other cards in the catalog.

Cacnea (#331) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacnea 57/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Cacnea list a different HP.

The attack Sucker Punch lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. If this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached to it, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in arid locations. Its yellow flowers bloom once a year."

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. Cacnea can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.