Tirtouga 106/86 · Black Bolt

Tirtouga is Pokédex #564, generation 5 (Unova). Tirtouga is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Antique Cover Fossil. The card lists Carracosta, Carracosta (#565) under evolves to.

Tirtouga sits at 106/86 in Black Bolt, position 105 of 171. Before it is 105 Seismitoad, and after it is 107 Carracosta. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Ancient Seaweed lists 30× damage. The cost is Water. This attack does 30 damage for each Item card in your opponent's discard pile. Surf is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Restored from a fossil, this Pokémon can dive to depths beyond half a mile." The regulation mark is I.

Tirtouga (#564) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tirtouga 25/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Akino Fukuji illustrated this one. 2 other cards of Tirtouga list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akino Fukuji. I count 2 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Black Bolt set binder is where a full Black Bolt set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tirtouga can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon. I still need this card.