Shellder 79/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

FireRed & LeafGreen is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Shellder is 79/112, in position 79 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 78 Seel, and after it is 80 Slowpoke. The listed rarity is Common.

Shellder is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shellder (#090), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Shellder 54/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The attack Minimize lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Shellder by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Wave Splash is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for FireRed & LeafGreen, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the FireRed & LeafGreen set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shellder can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.