Torterra 58/131 · Forbidden Light

Forbidden Light is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 4, 2018. The printed size is 131. This checklist is longer, at 150 cards. Torterra is 58/131, in position 59 of 150 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Cubone, and after it is 59 Infernape. The listed rarity is Rare.

Torterra is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Torterra (#389), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Grotle. In this catalog that name is Grotle (#388).

kawayoo illustrated this card. The same name is on 209 other cards in the catalog.

Torterra (#389) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Torterra 17/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Masahiko Ishii illustrated that card, and kawayoo illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Torterra list a different HP.

The attack Giga Drain lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Earthquake is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Small Pokémon occasionally gather on its unmoving back to begin building their nests."

I keep a set binder for Forbidden Light, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Forbidden Light set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Torterra can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.