Heracross 2/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Heracross is Pokédex #214, generation 2 (Johto). Heracross is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 120 HP.

Heracross sits at 2/198 in Scarlet & Violet, position 2 of 258. Before it is 1 Pineco, and after it is 3 Shroomish. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Superpowered Throw lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. This attack does 30 more damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Horn Attack is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "With its herculean powers, it can easily throw around an object that is 100 times its own weight." The regulation mark is G.

Heracross (#214) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Heracross 6/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Taira Akitsu illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Taira Akitsu. I count 56 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Scarlet & Violet set binder is where a full Scarlet & Violet set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heracross can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.