Grapploct 92/198 · Chilling Reign

Grapploct is Pokédex #853, generation 8 (Galar). Grapploct is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Clobbopus. In this catalog that name is Clobbopus (#852).

Grapploct sits at 92/198 in Chilling Reign, position 92 of 233. Before it is 91 Clobbopus, and after it is 93 Kubfu. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on June 18, 2021. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 233 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Stranglehold Master is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost is ColorlessColorless more. The attack Synchro Buster lists 80+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Searching for an opponent to test its skills against, it emerges onto land. Once the battle is over, it returns to the sea." The regulation mark is E.

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). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 7 other cards of Grapploct list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Anesaki Dynamic. I count 134 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Chilling Reign set binder is where a full Chilling Reign 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.