Heracross 8/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Twilight Masquerade is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. Heracross is 8/167, in position 8 of 226 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Sunflora, and after it is 9 Volbeat. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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

Toshinao Aoki illustrated this card. The same name is on 57 other cards in the catalog.

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 Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

The attack Body Slam lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Seismic Toss is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless, 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 H.

I keep a set binder for Twilight Masquerade, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Twilight Masquerade 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.