Shellder 129/165 · Expedition Base Set

Shellder is Pokédex #090, generation 1 (Kanto). Shellder is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.

Shellder sits at 129/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 129 of 165. Before it is 128 Rattata, and after it is 130 Spearow. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Irongrip lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Lick is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Shellder (#090) 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 Shellder 54/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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