Ariados 4/195 · Silver Tempest

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 4/195 in Silver Tempest, position 4 of 215. Before it is 3 Spinarak, and after it is 5 Sunkern. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 11, 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Hidden Threads is listed as Ability. Your opponent's Pokémon VSTAR's attacks cost Colorless more. You can't apply more than 1 Hidden Threads Ability at a time. The attack Pierce lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively." The regulation mark is F.

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. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tika Matsuno illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tika Matsuno. I count 48 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Silver Tempest set binder is where a full Silver Tempest 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.