Krookodile 117/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Krookodile is 117/198, in position 117 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 116 Krokorok, and after it is 118 Hawlucha. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Krookodile is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Krookodile (#553), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Krokorok. In this catalog that name is Krokorok (#552).

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

Krookodile (#553) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Krookodile 65/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Krookodile list a different HP.

The attack Chomp Chomp Bite lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Earthquake is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. This attack also does 30 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "After clamping down with its powerful jaws, it twists its body around to rip its prey in half." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Krookodile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.