Sceptile 10/106 · Emerald

Emerald is a set in the EX series. It was released on May 1, 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. Sceptile is 10/106, in position 10 of 107 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Rayquaza, and after it is 11 Swampert. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Sceptile is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sceptile (#254), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Sceptile 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

Green Essence is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Sceptile is in play, each of your Active Pokémon that has Grass Energy attached to it can't be affected by any Special Conditions. The attack Razor Leaf lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. Swift is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Emerald, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Emerald set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sceptile 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.