Clobbopus SV072/122 · Shining Fates Shiny Vault

Shining Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 19, 2021. The printed size is 122, and the checklist is the same length. Clobbopus is SV072/122, in position 72 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is SV071 Sandaconda, and after it is SV073 Grapploct. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Clobbopus is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Clobbopus (#852), generation 8 (Galar). The card lists Grapploct, Grapploct (#853) under evolves to.

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Clobbopus (#852) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2024. The earliest other card is Clobbopus 111/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Shiny. Mina Nakai illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Clobbopus list a different HP.

The attack Bind lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It's very curious, but its means of investigating things is to try to punch them with its tentacles. The search for food is what brings it onto land." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Shining Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Fates Shiny Vault set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Clobbopus can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.