Grapploct 52/91 · Paldean Fates

Paldean Fates is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on January 26, 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. Grapploct is 52/91, in position 52 of 245 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Clobbopus, and after it is 53 Great Tusk ex. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Grapploct is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grapploct (#853), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Clobbopus. In this catalog that name is Clobbopus (#852).

Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this card. The same name is on 158 other cards in the catalog.

Grapploct (#853) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2024. The earliest other card is Grapploct 113/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is G. 8 other cards of Grapploct list a different HP.

The attack Slow-Acting Syncope lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting. At the end of your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon will be Knocked Out. Mach Cross is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Searching for an opponent to test its skills against, it emerges onto land. Once the battle is over, it returns to the sea." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paldean Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paldean Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grapploct can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.