Tentacool FO 56/62

Name: Tentacool FO 56/62
Brand: Pokémon

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Tentacool has appeared in several sets: Fossil (FO 56) and Legendary Collection (LC 96). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Fossil landed here on 10 October 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 30
Type: Water
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 0
Weakness: ×2
Number: 56/62
Set: FossilFOSet guide
Illustrated by: Kagemaru Himeno

Its Ability

Cowardice

At any time during your turn (before your attack), you may return Tentacool to your hand. (Discard all cards attached to Tentacool.) This power can't be used the turn you put Tentacool into play or if Tentacool is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Its attacks

Acid

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
A strength
Acid hits for 10 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Fossil hits harder for that price.
A strength
It has an Ability, Cowardice. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
Keep in mind
None of the 7,393 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 7,393 tournament lists we have read, 595 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Tentacool FO 56/62FossilCommonThe one you are looking atCommon
Tentacool LC 96/110Legendary CollectionCommonCommon

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 16 Tentacool cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Tentacool cards

Tentacool FO 56/62

The market for this printing

When it came out