Kingler 44/202 · Sword & Shield

Kingler is Pokédex #099, generation 1 (Kanto). Kingler is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Krabby. In this catalog that name is Krabby (#098).

Kingler sits at 44/202 in Sword & Shield, position 44 of 216. Before it is 43 Krabby, and after it is 45 Goldeen. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Heavy Pincers lists 40 damage. The cost is Water. Discard the top card of your opponent's deck. Claw Rend is another attack lists 90+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 60 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The large and hard pincer has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, being so big, it is unwieldy to move." The regulation mark is D.

Kingler (#099) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kingler 38/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Kingler list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads tetsuya koizumi. I count 62 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. Kingler can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.