Misty's Tentacool 57/132 · Gym Heroes

Tentacool is Pokédex #072, generation 1 (Kanto). Misty's Tentacool is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 16. The card lists Tentacruel, Tentacruel (#073) under evolves to.

Misty's Tentacool sits at 57/132 in Gym Heroes, position 57 of 132. Before it is 56 Misty's Starmie, and after it is 58 Sabrina's Haunter. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on 14 August 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Crystal Beam lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent can't attach Energy cards to the Defending Pokémon during his or her next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Tentacool (#072) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 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 is named Tentacool, while this one is Misty's Tentacool. That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Tentacool list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Gym Heroes set binder is where a full Gym Heroes 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Misty and her Pokémon. I still need this card.