Tentacruel H26/147 · 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. Tentacruel is H26/147, in position 176 of 182 on this checklist. Before it is H25 Suicune, and after it is H27 Togetic. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tentacruel (#073), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Tentacool. In this catalog that name is Tentacool (#072).

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

Tentacruel (#073) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Tentacruel 44/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Tentacruel list a different HP.

Strange Tentacles is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), as long as the number of Energy cards attached to the Defending Pokémon is less than the number of Energy cards attached to your Active Pokémon, you may choose an Energy card, if any, in your opponent's discard pile and attach it to the Defending Pokémon. This power can't be used if Tentacruel is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Poison Sting lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Lightning ×2.

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. Tentacruel can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.