Tentacool 113/147 · Aquapolis

Tentacool is Pokédex #072, generation 1 (Kanto). Tentacool is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Tentacruel, Tentacruel (#073) under evolves to.

Tentacool sits at 113/147 in Aquapolis, position 113 of 182. Before it is 112 Tangela, and after it is 114 Togepi. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on 15 January 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Poison Sting lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Recover is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Discard 1 Water Energy card attached to Tentacool in order to use this attack. Remove all damage counters from Tentacool. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Tentacool (#072) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Tentacool 56/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Tentacool list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Aquapolis set binder is where a full Aquapolis set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tentacool can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.