Sandslash 41/62 · Fossil

Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Sandslash is 41/62, in position 41 of 62 on this checklist. Before it is 40 Omastar, and after it is 42 Seadra. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Sandslash is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 33. In the Pokédex this is Sandslash (#028), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Sandshrew. In this catalog that name is Sandshrew (#027).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Sandslash (#028) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Brock's Sandslash 23/132 in Gym Heroes (2000). That card is named Brock's Sandslash, while this one is Sandslash. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. 18 other cards of Sandslash list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Fury Swipes is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Curls up into a spiny ball when threatened. It can roll while curled up to attack or escape."

I keep a set binder for Fossil, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fossil set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandslash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.