Tyranitar 40/147 · Aquapolis

Aquapolis is a set in the E-Card series. It was released on 15 January 2003. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. Tyranitar is 40/147, in position 40 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is 39 Togetic, and after it is 41 Umbreon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Tyranitar is a Stage 2 Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tyranitar (#248), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Pupitar. In this catalog that name is Pupitar (#247).

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 40 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The attack Destructive Roar lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 Energy card attached to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Tail Slap is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Gigacrush is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Each player discards the top 3 cards from his or her deck. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 3.

I keep a set binder for Aquapolis, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Aquapolis set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.