Kangaskhan 204/264 · Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. Kangaskhan is 204/264, in position 204 of 284 on this checklist. Before it is 203 Blissey, and after it is 205 Eevee. The listed rarity is Rare.

Kangaskhan is a Basic Rapid Strike Colorless Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Kangaskhan (#115), generation 1 (Kanto).

Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this card. The same name is on 86 other cards in the catalog.

Kangaskhan (#115) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Kangaskhan 5/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 28 other cards of Kangaskhan list a different HP.

The attack Pound lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Coordinated One-Two Punch is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 100 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "You shouldn't get close to the child when it's playing outside its mother's pouch. Its mother is always nearby watching over it." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Fusion Strike, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fusion Strike set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Kangaskhan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Rapid Strike. I still need this card.