Sceptile 20/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Sceptile is Pokédex #254, generation 3 (Hoenn). Sceptile is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

Sceptile sits at 20/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 20 of 109. Before it is 19 Pelipper, and after it is 21 Seaking. 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.

Energy Trans is listed as Poké-Power. As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), move a Grass Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon. This power can't be used if Sceptile is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Tail Rap lists 50× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. 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 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 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.