Cloyster δ 14/101 · Dragon Frontiers

Cloyster is Pokédex #091, generation 1 (Kanto). Cloyster δ is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Shellder. In this catalog that name is Shellder (#090).

Cloyster δ sits at 14/101 in Dragon Frontiers, position 14 of 101. Before it is 13 Arbok δ, and after it is 15 Dewgong δ. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2006. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

Solid Shell is listed as Poké-Body. Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done by your opponent's Pokémon to each of your Benched Pokémon that has δ on its card. The attack Grind lists 10+ damage. The cost is Fighting. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Cloyster. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Cloyster (#091) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cloyster 32/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Cloyster, while this one is Cloyster δ. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Cloyster list a different HP.

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

Dragon Frontiers set binder is where a full Dragon Frontiers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cloyster 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.