Krabby 42/202 · Sword & Shield

Krabby is Pokédex #098, generation 1 (Kanto). Krabby is a Basic Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Kingler, Kingler (#099) under evolves to.

Krabby sits at 42/202 in Sword & Shield, position 42 of 216. Before it is 41 Cloyster, and after it is 43 Krabby. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 7, 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Aqua Shower lists no damage number. The cost is Water. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Vise Grip is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It can be found near the sea. The large pincers grow back if they are torn out of their sockets." The regulation mark is D.

Krabby (#098) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Krabby 51/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and ryoma uratsuka illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Krabby list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads ryoma uratsuka. I count 46 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sword & Shield set binder is where a full Sword & Shield set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Krabby can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.