Tyranitar-EX 42/98 · Ancient Origins

Tyranitar is Pokédex #248, generation 2 (Johto). Tyranitar-EX is a Basic EX Darkness Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Tyranitar-EX, Tyranitar (#248) under evolves to.

Tyranitar-EX sits at 42/98 in Ancient Origins, position 42 of 101. Before it is 41 Golurk, and after it is 43 M Tyranitar-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Hammer In lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Break Ground is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Tyranitar, while this one is Tyranitar-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 41 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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