Basculin 70/264 · Fusion Strike

Basculin is Pokédex #550, generation 5 (Unova). Basculin is a Basic Rapid Strike Water Pokémon with 80 HP.

Basculin sits at 70/264 in Fusion Strike, position 70 of 284. Before it is 69 Simipour, and after it is 71 Galarian Darumaka. 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 Common.

The attack Swarm the Wound lists 30+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Known for their violence, these Pokémon have the most fights with schools of red-striped Basculin." The regulation mark is E.

Basculin (#550) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Basculin 35/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Basculin 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. Basculin can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.