Tangela 1/114 · Steam Siege

Tangela is Pokédex #114, generation 1 (Kanto). Tangela is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Tangrowth, Tangrowth (#465) under evolves to.

Tangela sits at 1/114 in Steam Siege, position 1 of 116. The next card is 2 Tangrowth. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on August 3, 2016. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Slam lists 30× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Mega Drain is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It tangles any moving thing with its vines. Their subtle shaking is ticklish if you get ensnared."

Tangela (#114) has 28 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 Tangela 66/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and OOYAMA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 14 other cards of Tangela list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads OOYAMA. I count 29 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Steam Siege set binder is where a full Steam Siege set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tangela can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Card number 1. I still need this card.