Shroomish 78/100 · Sandstorm

Shroomish is Pokédex #285, generation 3 (Hoenn). Shroomish is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Breloom, Breloom (#286) under evolves to.

Shroomish sits at 78/100 in Sandstorm, position 78 of 100. Before it is 77 Seedot, and after it is 79 Skitty. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on September 18, 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Growth Spurt lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to Shroomish. Poisonpowder is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Shroomish (#285) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shroomish 69/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Shroomish list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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