Tangrowth

Tangrowth in the anime

Tangrowth appeared in the animated series in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!, where it tried to save a dying tree that anchored its forest; with help from Ash and his friends, the tree was saved. In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, Tammy's Tangrowth helps her run a flower shop and later works alongside Joe's Mightyena to stop Zorua from escaping.

Tangrowth on the card

Tangrowth's tangle of vines concealing a hidden body may draw on Theodore Sturgeon's swamp-monster story It! and on the Green Man leaf motif, which may also explain the green color of its Shiny variant. Its earliest card is the 2008 Great Encounters Rare Holo illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna, and the Arceus set added a Tangrowth LV.X illustrated by Ryo Ueda. More recent prints include a Twilight Masquerade common by LINNE and an Uncommon illustrated by REND in the Mega Evolution set.

Cards to know

• Tangrowth (Great Encounters #10)

  Tangrowth's earliest card, a 2008 Great Encounters Rare Holo illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna.

• Tangrowth LV.X (Arceus #99)

  An Arceus LV.X illustrated by Ryo Ueda.

• Tangrowth (Primal Clash #5)

  A Primal Clash Rare illustrated by MAHOU.

• Tangrowth (Twilight Masquerade #002)

  A Twilight Masquerade common illustrated by LINNE.

• Tangrowth (Mega Evolution #007)

  A Mega Evolution Uncommon illustrated by REND, from the Mega Evolution era.