Shelgon 20/97 · Dragon

Shelgon is Pokédex #372, generation 3 (Hoenn). Shelgon is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Bagon. In this catalog that name is Bagon (#371). The card lists Salamence, Salamence (#373) under evolves to.

Shelgon sits at 20/97 in Dragon, position 20 of 100. Before it is 19 Salamence, and after it is 21 Skarmory. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Scrunch lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Shelgon during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) Rolling Attack is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30 and Fire -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Shelgon (#372) has 17 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 Shelgon 41/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Yuka Morii illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Shelgon list a different HP.

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

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shelgon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.