Sneasel ex 103/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Sneasel is Pokédex #215, generation 2 (Johto). Sneasel ex is a Basic ex Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Weavile, Weavile (#461) under evolves to.

Sneasel ex sits at 103/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 103 of 109. Before it is 102 Scyther ex, and after it is 104 Grass Energy. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Double Scratch lists 10× damage. The cost is Darkness. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Beat Up is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Flip a coin for each of your Pokémon in play (including Sneasel ex). This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Sneasel (#215) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Sneasel 25/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Sneasel, while this one is Sneasel ex. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Sneasel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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