Feraligatr 17/119 · Phantom Forces

Phantom Forces is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 5, 2014. The printed size is 119. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Feraligatr is 17/119, in position 17 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Croconaw, and after it is 18 Finneon. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Feraligatr is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Feraligatr (#160), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Croconaw. In this catalog that name is Croconaw (#159).

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

Feraligatr (#160) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Feraligatr 4/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Feraligatr list a different HP.

The attack Hyper Whirlpool lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Second Strike is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It usually moves slowly, but it goes at blinding speed when it attacks and bites prey."

I keep a set binder for Phantom Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Phantom Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Feraligatr can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Johto starters. I still need this card.