Ninjask 13/107 · Deoxys

Deoxys is a set in the EX series. It was released on February 1, 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. Ninjask is 13/107, in position 13 of 108 on this checklist. Before it is 12 Mightyena, and after it is 14 Shedinja. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

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.

Katsura Tabata illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Ninjask (#291) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ninjask 18/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Katsura Tabata illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Ninjask list a different HP.

Fast Protection is listed as Poké-Body. Prevent all effects, including damage, done to Ninjask by your opponent's attacks from his or her Basic Pokémon. The attack Swords Dance lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your next turn, Ninjask's Slash attack's base damage is 80. Slash is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2.

I keep a set binder for Deoxys, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Deoxys 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.