Tentacruel 72/160 · Primal Clash

Primal Clash is a set in the XY series. It was released on 4 February 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. Tentacruel is 72/160, in position 72 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 71 Tentacool, and after it is 73 Starmie. The listed rarity is Rare.

Tentacruel is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tentacruel (#073), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Tentacool. In this catalog that name is Tentacool (#072).

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Tentacruel (#073) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Tentacruel 44/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Tentacruel list a different HP.

The attack Dancing Tentacles lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned. Stick and Absorb is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It has 80 tentacles that move about freely. They can sting, causing poisoning and sharp, stabbing pain."

I keep a set binder for Primal Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Primal Clash set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tentacruel can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.