Aerodactyl 142/165 · 151

Aerodactyl is Pokédex #142, generation 1 (Kanto). Aerodactyl is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Antique Old Amber.

Aerodactyl sits at 142/165 in 151, position 142 of 207. Before it is 141 Kabutops, and after it is 143 Snorlax. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 22 September 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Glide lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Devolution Ray is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is an evolved Pokémon, devolve it by putting the highest Stage Evolution card on it into your opponent's hand. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "Aerodactyl's sawlike fangs can shred skin to tatters—even the skin of Steel-type Pokémon." The regulation mark is G.

Aerodactyl (#142) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2022. The earliest other card is Aerodactyl 1/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shinji Kanda illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Aerodactyl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shinji Kanda. I count 25 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

151 set binder is where a full 151 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aerodactyl can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon, Modern living dex: the 151, and Bird Pokémon. I still need this card.