Steelix 31/144 · Skyridge

Steelix is Pokédex #208, generation 2 (Johto). Steelix is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Onix. In this catalog that name is Onix (#095).

Steelix sits at 31/144 in Skyridge, position 31 of 182. Before it is 30 Starmie, and after it is 32 Umbreon. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Rare Metal is listed as Poké-Body. All basic Energy cards attached to Steelix provide Metal Energy instead of their usual types. The attack Squeeze lists 20+ damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Metal Tail is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Metal, Colorless. Before doing damage, you may flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 80 damage. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4.

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Steelix 15/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hikaru Koike. I count 46 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Steelix can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.