Cloyster 47/132 · Secret Wonders

Cloyster is Pokédex #091, generation 1 (Kanto). Cloyster is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 40. The card says it evolves from Shellder. In this catalog that name is Shellder (#090).

Cloyster sits at 47/132 in Secret Wonders, position 47 of 132. Before it is 46 Charmeleon, and after it is 48 Donphan. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2007. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Withdraw lists no damage number. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Cloyster by attacks during your opponent's next turn. Spine Missile is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. For each heads, choose an opponent's Pokémon in play and this attack does 20 damage to those Pokémon. (You may choose the same Pokémon more than once.) (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It fights by keeping its shell tightly shut for protection and by shooting spikes to repel foes."

Cloyster (#091) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cloyster 32/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Cloyster list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Secret Wonders set binder is where a full Secret Wonders set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cloyster can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.