Croconaw 16/119 · Phantom Forces

Croconaw is Pokédex #159, generation 2 (Johto). Croconaw is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Totodile. In this catalog that name is Totodile (#158). The card lists Feraligatr, Feraligatr (#160) under evolves to.

Croconaw sits at 16/119 in Phantom Forces, position 16 of 124. Before it is 15 Totodile, and after it is 17 Feraligatr. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 5, 2014. The printed size is 119. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Wave Splash lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Crunch is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth."

Croconaw (#159) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Croconaw 31/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Croconaw list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Phantom Forces set binder is where a full Phantom Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Croconaw can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.