Ninjask 18/97 · Dragon

Dragon is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. Ninjask is 18/97, in position 18 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 17 Magneton, and after it is 19 Salamence. The listed rarity is Rare.

Ninjask is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ninjask (#291), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Nincada. In this catalog that name is Nincada (#290). The card lists Shedinja, Shedinja (#292) under evolves to.

Hajime Kusajima illustrated this card. The same name is on 206 other cards in the catalog.

Ninjask (#291) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ninjask 38/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Ninjask list a different HP.

Loose Shell is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you play Ninjask from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may search your deck for Shedinja and put it onto your Bench. Treat the new Benched Pokémon as a Basic Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. The attack Quick Touch lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. You may switch Ninjask with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, you may move any number of Grass Energy cards attached to Ninjask to the new Active Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2.

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