AttackString Shot
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Spinarak 5/98 · Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. Spinarak is 5/98, in position 5 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Bellossom, and after it is 6 Ariados. The listed rarity is Common.
Spinarak is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Spinarak (#167), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Ariados, Ariados (#168) under evolves to.
Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.
Spinarak (#167) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Spinarak 75/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Spinarak list a different HP.
The attack String Shot lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lies still in the same pose for days in its web, waiting for its unsuspecting prey to wander close."
I keep a set binder for Ancient Origins, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ancient Origins set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Spinarak can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 5/98
- Series
- XY
- Released
- August 12, 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 50
- Type
- Grass
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Pokédex
- Spinarak (#167)
- Evolves to
- Ariados
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It lies still in the same pose for days in its web, waiting for its unsuspecting prey to wander close.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Spinarak from?
Ancient Origins, in the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98.
What is the collector number?
5/98. It is entry 5 of 101 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Naoyo Kimura. The catalog lists 256 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Spinarak #167, generation 2 (Johto).
Which attacks are printed?
String Shot.