Grovyle 28/106 · Emerald

Grovyle is Pokédex #253, generation 3 (Hoenn). Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

Grovyle sits at 28/106 in Emerald, position 28 of 107. Before it is 27 Electrode, and after it is 29 Grumpig. 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.

The attack Tail Shake lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Razor Leaf is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Grovyle (#253) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Grovyle 31/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 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. Grovyle 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.