Lickitung 108/165 · 151

Lickitung is Pokédex #108, generation 1 (Kanto). Lickitung is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists Lickilicky, Lickilicky (#463) under evolves to.

Lickitung sits at 108/165 in 151, position 108 of 207. Before it is 107 Hitmonchan, and after it is 109 Koffing. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on September 22, 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Tongue-Tied lists 70 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't attack. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Bug Pokémon are Lickitung's main food source. This Pokémon paralyzes its prey with a lick from its long tongue, then swallows the prey whole." The regulation mark is G.

Lickitung (#108) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lickitung 38/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Saya Tsuruta illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 15 other cards of Lickitung list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Saya Tsuruta. I count 123 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

151 set binder is where a full 151 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lickitung can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Pink Pokémon, Saya Tsuruta cards, and Modern living dex: the 151. I still need this card.