Shelgon 63/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Shelgon is 63/101, in position 63 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Bagon, and after it is 64 Salamence. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Shelgon is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shelgon (#372), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Bagon. In this catalog that name is Bagon (#371). The card lists Salamence, Salamence (#373) under evolves to.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Shelgon (#372) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shelgon 20/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 8 other cards of Shelgon list a different HP.

The attack Knock Away lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Rollout is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Within its rugged shell, its cells have begun changing. The shell peels off the instant it evolves."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shelgon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.