Kricketune V 6/163 · Battle Styles

Kricketune is Pokédex #402, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Kricketune V is a Basic V Grass Pokémon with 180 HP.

Kricketune V sits at 6/163 in Battle Styles, position 6 of 183. Before it is 5 Cacturne, and after it is 7 Cherubi. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo V.

Exciting Stage is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may draw cards until you have 3 cards in your hand. If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may draw cards until you have 4 cards in your hand instead. You can't use more than 1 Exciting Stage Ability each turn. The attack X-Scissor lists 80+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

Kricketune (#402) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kricketune 27/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card is named Kricketune, while this one is Kricketune V. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo V. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 8 other cards of Kricketune list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Satoshi Shirai. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Battle Styles set binder is where a full Battle Styles set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Kricketune can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.