Every Basculin card

The short version

Basculin has one printing in Pokémon TCG Pocket, in Crimson Blaze. It is a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 80 HP, weak to Lightning, with a retreat cost of 1. The only printing is a Common. A Common has no rare-slot rate to quote — it fills the slots every pack is guaranteed to have, so opening the right expansion at all will turn one up. It comes out of the Crimson Blaze pack. That expansion shipped in December 2025. It attacks with Surprise Strike, which costs one Water and one Colorless energy and hits for 40+. If this Pokémon moved from your Bench to the Active Spot this turn, this attack does 40 more damage. The card’s own words: “Anglers love the fight this Pokémon puts up on the hook. And there are always more to catch— many people release them into lakes illicitly.” It is drawn by Naoyo Kimura.