Tauros Card Collection: Your 🦁 Safari Animals Binder Checklist
Collect Tauros cards like a pro — from vintage base-set classics to the newest Art Rares and Special Illustration Rares.
2024-01-05
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Popularity Rank: #374
Fan survey data
Blended rank from two r/pokemon "favourite Pokémon" surveys, weighted 60/40 toward the 2025 results (u/Jawnysparklez; u/mamamia1001 2019).
2025 survey: #499
2019 survey: #226
#374 / 1025
#0128
Tauros
Wild Bull Pokémon
When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.
Pokédex details
National Dex
#0128
Height
1.4 m
Weight
88.4 kg
Capture rate
45 / 255
Generation
Gen I
Gender ratio
100% male
Hatch steps
5,100 steps
Base happiness
70
Growth rate
Slow
Color
Brown
Habitat
Grassland
Shape
Quadruped
What makes Tauros so likeable
The elevator pitch for Tauros: cute, recognizable, and worth a binder slot.
- Bulbapedia notes that in Paldea, Tauros has three separate regional forms: Combat Breed, Blaze Breed, and Aqua Breed.
- Cheerful personality in-game — Tauros feels upbeat even before you pick a favourite card.
- A staple in our 🦁 Safari Animals crowd — Tauros is one of those picks collectors nod at immediately.
Pokémon TCG cards
Recent cards featuring Tauros from the Trading Card Game, newest first.
Chaos Rising
Illustration rare
Chaos Rising
Uncommon
Paldean Wonders
Two Diamond
Fantastical Parade
One Shiny
Phantasmal Flames
Uncommon
Mega Rising
Two Star
Mega Rising
Two Star
Mega Rising
Four Diamond
Destined Rivals
Common
Celestial Guardians
Two Diamond
Shining Revelry
Two Diamond
Mythical Island
Three Diamond
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Laying out a Tauros page that photographs well
Binder geometry for Tauros: where the eye should land first and what can stay in the background.
Cards to anchor your spread
TCG picks for collectors — pair these with a printed scene below.
Paldean Tauros #172 (Paldean Fates) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Tauros page.
Paldean Tauros #120 (Paldean Fates) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Tauros page.
Paldean Tauros #111 (Paldean Fates) is a top priority for collectors — the shiny treatment adds a sparkly centrepiece to any Tauros page.
Species art references
Character renders for colour matching, pose ideas, and silhouette checks.
Official artwork
Match card holo colours and keep the species silhouette consistent across pockets.
HOME render
Modern pose reference when you want a cleaner, upright character layout.
Dream World vector
Simple line-and-fill shape — handy for tracing pocket placement before you print.
Shiny palette
Alternate colourway for accent pockets or shiny-themed spreads.
Art via PokéAPI/sprites (open source).
Tauros mini binder spread
A seeded two-page 3×3 binder mockup using Tauros chase cards and Michi Method scene art for display planning.
Left page
Paldean Fates
Shiny rare
Paldean Fates
Shiny rare
Paldean Fates
Shiny rare
Chaos Rising
Illustration rare
Chaos Rising
Uncommon
Paldean Wonders
Two Diamond
Fantastical Parade
One Shiny
Right page
Phantasmal Flames
Uncommon
Mega Rising
Two Star
Mega Rising
Two Star
Mega Rising
Four Diamond
Destined Rivals
Common
Celestial Guardians
Two Diamond
Shining Revelry
Two Diamond
Start with a background that echoes Tauros's normal, then place your chase holo in the top-left anchor slot. Secondary copies can step down in rarity toward the edges so the spread breathes in photos.
Michi Method scene examples
Illustration picks when dedicated scene art is not cached yet — card frames may still show.
Scene wallpaper — Tauros
Illustration by twitter.com
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Tauros
Scene wallpaper — Tauros
Scene art via Wallhaven — Scene wallpaper — Tauros
Find more scene art
Curated galleries and search links — we do not hotlink Pinterest or ArtStation results.
Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Additional tips
- Tauros's cheerful base temperament invites playful sticker sleeves or washi — don't force a grimdark layout unless the art demands it.
- Keep a "swap tray" of mid-value Tauros duplicates beside the binder — trades move faster when the page is already curated.
- Lead with your strongest Tauros single, then echo it with a secondary spread featuring Blitzle, Copperajah, and Cufant so the page reads as a story, not a checklist.
- Hunt bilingual or alt-language copies when Tauros lettering or embossing outshines the English print — especially if you trade with collectors who search native names.
Tauros: competitive snapshot
Optional competitive context for Tauros. Display collectors can skip straight to the backstory below.
Base stats
In-game numbers for Tauros — useful context beside abilities and moves.
HP
75
Attack
100
Defense
95
Sp. Atk
40
Sp. Def
70
Speed
110
Total: 490
Players file Tauros around tier "ZU" while Ability Intimidate (Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.) shapes the fantasy — chase art that stages that payoff, not just the highest number on the slab.
- Mono-normal Tauros spreads live on lighting variation: same palette, different contrast.
- Hidden Ability Sheer Force is the deep-cut hunt — call it out when you sell or trade so buyers know you are curating, not flipping random holos.
3D battle sprites
Animated Showdown-style models for Tauros — normal and shiny.
Sprites via Project Pokémon. Pokémon and character names are trademarks of Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.
Backstory & Lore
A short write-up on Tauros, weaving together Pokédex notes, species lore, and evolution context.
When it targets an enemy, it charges furiously while whipping its body with its long tails.
A rowdy POKéMON with a lot of stamina. Once running, it won't stop until it hits something.
Tauros shows up in Lets Go Eevee lore as a rowdy pokémon with a lot of stamina.. When you shop for cards, look for illustrations that lean into that mood instead of generic portrait poses.
Canon tags Tauros as the Wild Bull Pokémon, a creature of grassland habitats, and known for brown colouration — backgrounds that echo those cues (studio, habitat, or abstract) usually photograph better than random neon gradients.
Name in other languages
Common localized names collectors may search for.
German
Tauros
Spanish
Tauros
French
Tauros
Italian
Tauros
Japanese
ケンタロス
Japanese (Romaji)
Kentauros
Korean
켄타로스
Chinese (Simplified)
肯泰罗
Chinese (Traditional)
肯泰羅
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