Grapploct 153/264 · Fusion Strike

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 153/264 in Fusion Strike, position 153 of 284. Before it is 152 Clobbopus, and after it is 154 Falinks. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Lunge Out lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Magnum Punch is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. 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). Both list 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. 5 other cards of Grapploct list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Souichirou Gunjima. I count 86 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fusion Strike set binder is where a full Fusion Strike 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.