AttackSmokescreen
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.
Horsea 49/62 · Fossil
Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on 10 October 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Horsea is 49/62, in position 49 of 62 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Grimer, and after it is 50 Kabuto. The listed rarity is Common.
Horsea is a Basic Water Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 19. In the Pokédex this is Horsea (#116), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Seadra, Seadra (#117) under evolves to.
Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.
Horsea (#116) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Misty's Horsea 86/132 in Gym Heroes (2000). That card is named Misty's Horsea, while this one is Horsea. Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Horsea list a different HP.
The attack Smokescreen lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. The flavor text reads "Known to shoot down flying bugs with precision blasts of ink from the surface of the water."
I keep a set binder for Fossil, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fossil set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Horsea can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 49/62
- Set
- Fossil
- Series
- Base
- Released
- 10 October 1999
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 40
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex
- Horsea (#116)
- Level
- 19
- Evolves to
- Seadra
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
Known to shoot down flying bugs with precision blasts of ink from the surface of the water.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Horsea from?
Fossil, in the Base series. It was released on 10 October 1999. The printed size is 62.
What is the collector number?
49/62. It is entry 49 of 62 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Mitsuhiro Arita. The catalog lists 721 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Horsea #116, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
Smokescreen (10).