Baltoy 60/106 · Great Encounters

Baltoy is Pokédex #343, generation 3 (Hoenn). Baltoy is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 11. The card lists Claydol, Claydol (#344) under evolves to.

Baltoy sits at 60/106 in Great Encounters, position 60 of 106. Before it is 59 Zangoose, and after it is 61 Buizel. 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 Psychic Balance lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If you have less cards in your hand than your opponent, draw cards until you have the same number of cards as your opponent. (If you have more or the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does nothing.) Spin Turn is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Switch Baltoy with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Grass +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It moves by spinning on its foot. It is a rare Pokémon that was discovered in ancient ruins."

Baltoy (#343) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Baltoy 32/100 in Sandstorm (2003). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Baltoy list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 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. Baltoy can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.