Wartortle 24/181 · Team Up

Team Up is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 1, 2019. The printed size is 181. This checklist is longer, at 198 cards. Wartortle is 24/181, in position 24 of 198 on this checklist. Before it is 23 Squirtle, and after it is 25 Blastoise. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Wartortle is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Wartortle (#008), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Squirtle. In this catalog that name is Squirtle (#007). The card lists Blastoise, Blastoise (#009) under evolves to.

Misa Tsutsui illustrated this card. The same name is on 94 other cards in the catalog.

Wartortle (#008) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Wartortle 42/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Wartortle list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Waterfall is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When tapped, this Pokémon will pull in its head, but its tail will still stick out a little bit."

I keep a set binder for Team Up, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Up set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Wartortle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.