Ariados 113/196 · Lost Origin

Ariados is Pokédex #168, generation 2 (Johto). Ariados is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Ariados sits at 113/196 in Lost Origin, position 113 of 217. Before it is 112 Spinarak, and after it is 114 Murkrow. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack String Bind lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness. This attack does 30 more damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Venomous Fang is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively." The regulation mark is F.

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shinji Kanda illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

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

Lost Origin set binder is where a full Lost Origin set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ariados can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Night and moon Pokémon. I still need this card.