Grovyle 39/100 · Stormfront

Stormfront is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2008. The printed size is 100. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Grovyle is 39/100, in position 39 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 38 Farfetch'd, and after it is 40 Haunter. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 23. In the Pokédex this is Grovyle (#253), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

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. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The attack Tail Shake lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Slam is another attack lists 60× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 60 damage times the number of heads. 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."

I keep a set binder for Stormfront, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Stormfront set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grovyle can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.