Cacturne 5/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Cacturne is 5/163, in position 5 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Cacnea, and after it is 6 Kricketune V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Cacturne is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cacturne (#332), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Cacnea. In this catalog that name is Cacnea (#331).

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

Cacturne (#332) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacturne 2/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 12 other cards of Cacturne list a different HP.

The attack Pull lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Spiny Punch is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. If this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached, this attack does 70 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Packs of them follow travelers through the desert until the travelers can no longer move." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Battle Styles, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Battle Styles set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cacturne can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.