Krabby 98/165 · 151

Krabby is Pokédex #098, generation 1 (Kanto). Krabby is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Kingler, Kingler (#099) under evolves to.

Krabby sits at 98/165 in 151, position 98 of 207. Before it is 97 Hypno, and after it is 99 Kingler. 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 Common.

The attack Salt Water lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for up to 2 Basic Water Energy cards and attach them to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Crabhammer is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger." The regulation mark is G.

Krabby (#098) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2020. The earliest other card is Krabby 51/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 7 other cards of Krabby list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukiko Baba. I count 151 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. Krabby can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Modern living dex: the 151. I still need this card.