Grapploct SV073/122 · Shining Fates Shiny Vault

Grapploct is Pokédex #853, generation 8 (Galar). Grapploct is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Clobbopus. In this catalog that name is Clobbopus (#852).

Grapploct sits at SV073/122 in Shining Fates Shiny Vault, position 73 of 122. Before it is SV072 Clobbopus, and after it is SV074 Falinks. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 19, 2021. The printed size is 122, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

The attack Octolock lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Until this Grapploct leaves the Active Spot, the Defending Pokémon's attacks cost ColorlessColorless more, and the Defending Pokémon can't retreat. This effect can't be applied more than once. Tough Swing is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A body made up of nothing but muscle makes the grappling moves this Pokémon performs with its tentacles tremendously powerful." The regulation mark is D.

Grapploct (#853) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2024. The earliest other card is Grapploct 113/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Shiny. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Grapploct list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Shining Fates Shiny Vault set binder is where a full Shining Fates Shiny Vault set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grapploct can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.