Barbaracle 107/196 · Lost Origin

Lost Origin is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. Barbaracle is 107/196, in position 107 of 217 on this checklist. Before it is 106 Binacle, and after it is 108 Carbink. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Barbaracle is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Barbaracle (#689), generation 6 (Kalos). The card says it evolves from Binacle. In this catalog that name is Binacle (#688).

KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Barbaracle (#689) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Barbaracle 49/106 in Flashfire (2014). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 3 other cards of Barbaracle list a different HP.

Lost Block is listed as Ability. Your opponent puts any Prize cards they would take in the Lost Zone instead of into their hand. The attack Dynamic Chop lists 100 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Seven Binacle come together to form one Barbaracle. The Binacle that serves as the head gives orders to those serving as the limbs." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Lost Origin, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Origin set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Barbaracle can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.