Octillery 10/115 · Unseen Forces

Unseen Forces is a set in the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. Octillery is 10/115, in position 12 of 145 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Meganium, and after it is 11 Poliwrath. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Octillery is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Octillery (#224), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Remoraid. In this catalog that name is Remoraid (#223).

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

Octillery (#224) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Octillery 34/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 13 other cards of Octillery list a different HP.

Super Suction Cups is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Octillery is your Active Pokémon, your opponent's Pokémon can't retreat. The attack Standing By lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard an Energy card attached to Octillery. During your next turn, Octillery's Pulse Blast attack's base damage is 120. Pulse Blast is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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