Heracross 194/193 · Paldea Evolved

Paldea Evolved is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on June 9, 2023. The printed size is 193. This checklist is longer, at 279 cards. Heracross is 194/193, in position 194 of 279 on this checklist. Before it is 193 Therapeutic Energy, and after it is 195 Tropius. The collector number is above the printed set size of 193. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Heracross is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Heracross (#214), generation 2 (Johto).

Kurata So illustrated this card. The same name is on 22 other cards in the catalog.

Heracross (#214) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 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 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Illustration Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kurata So illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 23 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Smashing Horn is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Grass. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It loves sweet nectar. To keep all the nectar to itself, it hurls rivals away with its prized horn." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paldea Evolved, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paldea Evolved set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heracross can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.