Tirtouga 44/236 · Unified Minds

Tirtouga is Pokédex #564, generation 5 (Unova). Tirtouga is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Unidentified Fossil. The card lists Carracosta, Carracosta (#565) under evolves to.

Tirtouga sits at 44/236 in Unified Minds, position 44 of 261. Before it is 43 Basculin, and after it is 45 Carracosta. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 2 August 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 261 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Shell Attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. Boulder Crush is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It was restored from an ancient fossil. Tirtouga lived in the sea but came up onto the land to search for prey."

Tirtouga (#564) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tirtouga 25/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and HYOGONOSUKE illustrated this one. 2 other cards of Tirtouga list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads HYOGONOSUKE. I count 76 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unified Minds set binder is where a full Unified Minds set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tirtouga can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon. I still need this card.