Ariados 5/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Ariados is Pokédex #168, generation 2 (Johto). Ariados is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Ariados sits at 5/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 5 of 226. Before it is 4 Spinarak, and after it is 6 Sunkern. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Big Net is listed as Ability. Your opponent's Active Evolution Pokémon's Retreat Cost is Colorless more. The attack String Bind lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. This attack does 30 more damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It wanders in search of food after darkness falls, never nesting in a specific place." The regulation mark is H.

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Anesaki Dynamic. I count 134 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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