Dark Ariados 17/105 · Neo Destiny

Ariados is Pokédex #168, generation 2 (Johto). Dark Ariados is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 28. The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Dark Ariados sits at 17/105 in Neo Destiny, position 17 of 113. Before it is 16 Miracle Energy, and after it is 18 Dark Magcargo. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on 28 February 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Entangle lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and switch it with the Defending Pokémon, then flip a coin. If heads, the new Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Poison Bind is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn and if the effect of an attack, Pokémon Power, or Trainer card would change that player's Active Pokémon, that part of the effect does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Wherever it goes, it spins a thread that always leads back to its web."

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Ariados, while this one is Dark Ariados. Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Toshinao Aoki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Toshinao Aoki. I count 57 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Destiny set binder is where a full Neo Destiny set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ariados can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.