Shelmet 7/101 · 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. Shelmet is 7/101, in position 7 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Karrablast, and after it is 8 Accelgor. The listed rarity is Common.

Shelmet is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shelmet (#616), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Accelgor, Accelgor (#617) under evolves to.

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Shelmet (#616) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shelmet 11/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Shelmet list a different HP.

The attack Yawn lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Ram is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "When it and Karrablast are together, and both receive electrical stimulation, they both evolve."

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. Shelmet can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.