Krookodile 113/195 · Silver Tempest

Silver Tempest is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. Krookodile is 113/195, in position 113 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 112 Krokorok, and after it is 114 Mareanie. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Krookodile is a Stage 2 Darkness Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Krookodile (#553), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Krokorok. In this catalog that name is Krokorok (#552).

Shiburingaru illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Krookodile (#553) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Krookodile 65/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Shiburingaru illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Krookodile list a different HP.

Bully of the Sands is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may discard a random card from your opponent's hand. If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, you may discard a random card from your opponent's hand. The attack Double-Edge lists 160 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon is known as the Bully of the Sands. Krookodile's mighty jaws can bite through heavy plates of iron with almost no effort at all." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Silver Tempest, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Silver Tempest set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Krookodile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.