Lotad 55/100 · Crystal Guardians

Lotad is Pokédex #270, generation 3 (Hoenn). Lotad is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Lombre, Lombre (#271) under evolves to.

Lotad sits at 55/100 in Crystal Guardians, position 55 of 100. Before it is 54 Krabby, and after it is 56 Meditite. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

Aqua Lift is listed as Poké-Body. If Lotad has any Water Energy attached to it, the Retreat Cost for Lotad is 0. The attack Rolling Tackle lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Lotad (#270) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Lotad 66/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Lotad list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Aya Kusube. I count 127 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Crystal Guardians set binder is where a full Crystal Guardians set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lotad can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.