Trapinch 84/111 · Rising Rivals

Trapinch is Pokédex #328, generation 3 (Hoenn). Trapinch is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 14. The card lists Vibrava, Vibrava (#329) under evolves to.

Trapinch sits at 84/111 in Rising Rivals, position 84 of 120. Before it is 83 Staryu, and after it is 85 Turtwig GL. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 16 May 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

Gather Sand is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), if Trapinch is your Active Pokémon, you may search your discard pile for a basic Fighting Energy card and attach it to Trapinch. The attack Grind lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage times the amount of Energy attached to Trapinch. Weakness is Water +10. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It makes a conical pit in desert sand and lies in wait at the bottom for prey to come tumbling down."

Trapinch (#328) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Trapinch 82/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Trapinch list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Trapinch can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.