Lotad 66/100 · Sandstorm

Sandstorm is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 18, 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Lotad is 66/100, in position 66 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 65 Growlithe, and after it is 67 Lotad. The listed rarity is Common.

Lotad is a Basic Water Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lotad (#270), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Lombre, Lombre (#271) under evolves to.

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

Lotad (#270) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Lotad 67/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Lotad list a different HP.

Rain Dish is listed as Poké-Body. At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Lotad. The attack Ram lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Sandstorm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Sandstorm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lotad can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.