Tentacruel 50/102 · HS—Triumphant

Tentacruel is Pokédex #073, generation 1 (Kanto). Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Tentacool. In this catalog that name is Tentacool (#072).

Tentacruel sits at 50/102 in HS—Triumphant, position 50 of 103. Before it is 49 Porygon2, and after it is 51 Unown. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 3 November 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Tentavolve lists 20 damage. The cost is Water. If Tentacruel evolved from Tentacool during this turn, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned. Hyper Beam is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "In battle, it extends all 80 of its tentacles to entrap its opponent inside a poisonous net."

Tentacruel (#073) 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 Tentacruel 44/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Sachiko Adachi illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Tentacruel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sachiko Adachi. I count 41 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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