Groudon 14/106 · 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. Groudon is 14/106, in position 14 of 107 on this checklist. Before it is 13 Glalie, and after it is 15 Kyogre. The listed rarity is Rare.

Groudon is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Groudon (#383), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Groudon (#383) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Groudon ex 2/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Groudon ex, while this one is Groudon. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kazuo Yazawa illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 31 other cards of Groudon list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Eruption is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Each player discards the top card of his or her deck. This attack does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card discarded in this way. Weakness is Water ×2. 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. Groudon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.