Shelgon 42/97 · Dragon

Shelgon is Pokédex #372, generation 3 (Hoenn). Shelgon is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 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 42/97 in Dragon, position 42 of 100. Before it is 41 Shelgon, and after it is 43 Shuppet. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Granite Head lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Damage done to Shelgon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance) during your opponent's next turn. Flare is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. 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 20/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Shelgon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 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). I still need this card.