Sceptile 11/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Sceptile is Pokédex #254, generation 3 (Hoenn). Sceptile is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

Sceptile sits at 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 11 of 109. Before it is 10 Mightyena, and after it is 12 Slaking. 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.

The attack Lizard Poison lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. If 1 Energy is attached to Sceptile, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. If 2 Energy is attached to Sceptile, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. If 3 Energy is attached to Sceptile, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. If 4 or more Energy is attached to Sceptile, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep, Burned, and Poisoned. Solarbeam is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 3.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Sceptile 20/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 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. Sceptile can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.