Sandslash δ 27/113 · Delta Species

Sandslash is Pokédex #028, generation 1 (Kanto). Sandslash δ is a Stage 1 Fighting Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Sandshrew. In this catalog that name is Sandshrew (#027).

Sandslash δ sits at 27/113 in Delta Species, position 27 of 114. Before it is 26 Rain Castform, and after it is 28 Slowking. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on October 31, 2005. The printed size is 113. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Delta Storm is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Sandslash is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokémon-ex between turns. The attack Rend lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. Slash is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Fighting Metal type.

Sandslash (#028) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandslash 41/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Sandslash, while this one is Sandslash δ. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Sandslash list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Delta Species set binder is where a full Delta Species set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandslash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Delta Species cards. I still need this card.