Barbaracle 23/124 · Fates Collide

Fates Collide is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 2, 2016. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 129 cards. Barbaracle is 23/124, in position 23 of 129 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Binacle, and after it is 24 Rotom. The listed rarity is Rare.

Barbaracle is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Barbaracle (#689), generation 6 (Kalos). The card says it evolves from Binacle. In this catalog that name is Binacle (#688).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Barbaracle (#689) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Barbaracle 49/106 in Flashfire (2014). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 5 other cards of Barbaracle list a different HP.

Hand Block is listed as Ability. If you have a Stadium card in play, your opponent can't attach any Special Energy cards from his or her hand to his or her Pokémon. The attack Claw Slash lists 70 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Barbaracle's legs and hands have minds of their own, and they will move independently. But they usually follow the head's orders."

I keep a set binder for Fates Collide, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fates Collide set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Barbaracle can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.