Sandile 68/116 · Plasma Freeze

Sandile is Pokédex #551, generation 5 (Unova). Sandile is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Krokorok, Krokorok (#552) under evolves to.

Sandile sits at 68/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 68 of 122. Before it is 67 Absol, and after it is 69 Krokorok. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Gentle Slap lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "They live hidden under hot desert sands in order to keep their body temperature from dropping."

Sandile (#551) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandile 63/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Sandile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.