# Tentacool #96/110 — Legendary Collection

## Summary

Tentacool is a bulk common, but its Cowardice power made it a quietly clever Basic, able to retreat to your hand and dodge a knockout. Kagemaru Himeno is one of the original Pokémon TCG illustrators, so this reprint carries a small, pleasant link to the earliest sets. A $0.79 modelled guide, up 5% over 30 days on 8 copies traded, says bulk, with 60 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a CGC 10 brings $35, 44 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Legendary Collection |
| Number | 96/110 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Kagemaru Himeno |
| Release date | 2002-05-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 30 |
| Types | Water |
| 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 affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Acid | cost Water — damage 10 |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Retreat | 0 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Tentacool #072](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/tentacool) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.79** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-30T23:49:06.626Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-30T23:49:06.626Z
- Floor delivered ask: $1.99 — as of 2026-10-30T23:49:06.626Z
- Quant score: 64/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-10-30T23:49:06.626Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2002-05-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-17T02:24:46.944Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-30T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-17T02:24:44.243Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-16T16:03:57.187Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-17T02:24:44.243Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/legendary-collection/tentacool-96)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Alc-96%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)