Araquanid 17/156 · Ultra Prism

Ultra Prism is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 2 February 2018. The printed size is 156. This checklist is longer, at 178 cards. Araquanid is 17/156, in position 17 of 178 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Dewpider, and after it is 18 Magmar. The listed rarity is Rare.

Araquanid is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Araquanid (#752), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Dewpider. In this catalog that name is Dewpider (#751).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Araquanid (#752) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2022. The earliest other card is Araquanid 46/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. match illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 2 other cards of Araquanid list a different HP.

Water Bubble is listed as Ability. Prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Fire Pokémon. The attack Aqua Edge lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown."

I keep a set binder for Ultra Prism, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ultra Prism set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Araquanid can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.