Tangrowth 2/214 · Lost Thunder

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

Tangrowth sits at 2/214 in Lost Thunder, position 2 of 240. Before it is 1 Tangela, and after it is 3 Scyther. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 2, 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Hefty Whip lists 30+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. If this Pokémon was healed during this turn, this attack does 130 more damage. Whip Smash is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its vines grow so profusely that, in the warm season, you can't even see its eyes."

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 Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 13 other cards of Tangrowth list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Lost Thunder set binder is where a full Lost Thunder set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tangrowth can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.