Shieldon DP08/56 · DP Black Star Promos

Shieldon is Pokédex #410, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Shieldon is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 26. The card says it evolves from Armor Fossil. The card lists Bastiodon, Bastiodon (#411) under evolves to.

Shieldon sits at DP08/56 in DP Black Star Promos, position 8 of 56. Before it is DP07 Cranidos, and after it is DP09 Torterra LV.X. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 56, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Hard Face lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Shieldon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Shield Attack is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon that lived in jungles around 100 million years ago. Its facial hide is extremely hard."

Shieldon (#410) has 6 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Shieldon 63/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Promo. 4 other cards of Shieldon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

DP Black Star Promos set binder is where a full DP Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shieldon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.