Cacturne 88/162 · BREAKthrough

BREAKthrough is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. Cacturne is 88/162, in position 88 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 87 Hawlucha, and after it is 89 Zorua. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Cacturne is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cacturne (#332), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Cacnea. In this catalog that name is Cacnea (#331).

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Cacturne (#332) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacturne 2/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Cacturne list a different HP.

The attack Derail lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness. Discard a Special Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Pin Missile is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Packs of them follow travelers through the desert until the travelers can no longer move."

I keep a set binder for BREAKthrough, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BREAKthrough set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cacturne can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.