Claydol 24/106 · Emerald

Claydol is Pokédex #344, generation 3 (Hoenn). Claydol is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Baltoy. In this catalog that name is Baltoy (#343).

Claydol sits at 24/106 in Emerald, position 24 of 107. Before it is 23 Camerupt, and after it is 25 Combusken. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on May 1, 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Levitate is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Claydol has any Energy attached to it, the Retreat Cost for Claydol is 0. The attack Rock Smash lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Claydol (#344) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Team Magma's Claydol 8/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004). That card is named Team Magma's Claydol, while this one is Claydol. Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Zu-Ka illustrated that card, and Yuka Morii illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Claydol list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yuka Morii. I count 204 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerald set binder is where a full Emerald set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Claydol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Yuka Morii clay cards. I still need this card.