Tyranitar V 97/163 · Battle Styles

Tyranitar is Pokédex #248, generation 2 (Johto). Tyranitar V is a Basic V Single Strike Darkness Pokémon with 230 HP.

Tyranitar V sits at 97/163 in Battle Styles, position 97 of 183. Before it is 96 Houndoom, and after it is 98 Morpeko. 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.

The attack Cragalanche lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck. Single Strike Crush is another attack lists 240 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 4 cards of your deck. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Tyranitar, while this one is Tyranitar V. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo V. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 43 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ayaka Yoshida. I count 128 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. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.