Grovyle 40/106 · Great Encounters

Grovyle is Pokédex #253, generation 3 (Hoenn). Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 26. The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

Grovyle sits at 40/106 in Great Encounters, position 40 of 106. Before it is 39 Granbull, and after it is 41 Hariyama. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Greenness lists no damage number. Search your deck for up to 2 Grass Energy cards, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Poison Breath is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in dense jungles. While closing in on its prey, it leaps from branch to branch."

Grovyle (#253) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Grovyle 31/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Great Encounters set binder is where a full Great Encounters set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grovyle can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.