Sandshrew 78/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Boundaries Crossed is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Sandshrew is 78/149, in position 78 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 77 Meloetta, and after it is 79 Sandslash. The listed rarity is Common.

Sandshrew is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandshrew (#027), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Sandslash, Sandslash (#028) under evolves to.

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Sandshrew (#027) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandshrew 62/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Sandshrew list a different HP.

The attack Rollout lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Slash is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It digs deep burrows to live in. When in danger, it rolls up its body to withstand attacks."

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