Cubone 70/130 · Base Set 2

Cubone is Pokédex #104, generation 1 (Kanto). Cubone is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 13. The card lists Marowak, Marowak (#105) under evolves to.

Cubone sits at 70/130 in Base Set 2, position 70 of 130. Before it is 69 Charmander, and after it is 71 Diglett. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on 24 February 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Snivel lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon attacks Cubone during your opponent's next turn, any damage done by the attack is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). (Benching either Pokémon ends this effect.) Rage is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Cubone. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this Pokémon's real face."

Cubone (#104) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Cubone 50/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 17 other cards of Cubone list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base Set 2 set binder is where a full Base Set 2 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cubone 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.