Heracross-EX 105/111 · Furious Fists

Heracross is Pokédex #214, generation 2 (Johto). Heracross-EX is a Basic EX Grass Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Heracross-EX, Heracross (#214) under evolves to.

Heracross-EX sits at 105/111 in Furious Fists, position 106 of 114. Before it is 104 Strong Energy, and after it is 106 Seismitoad-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 13 August 2014. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Guard Press lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Giga Power is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. You may do 40 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Heracross (#214) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Heracross 6/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Heracross, while this one is Heracross-EX. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 25 other cards of Heracross list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Furious Fists set binder is where a full Furious Fists set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heracross can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.