Shuckle 11/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Shuckle is Pokédex #213, generation 2 (Johto). Shuckle is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP.

Shuckle sits at 11/123 in HeartGold & SoulSilver, position 11 of 124. Before it is 10 Raichu, and after it is 12 Slowking. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Shell Barricade is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Shuckle is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to Shuckle by attacks (both yours and your opponent's). The attack Poison Jab lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The berries it stores in its vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid."

Shuckle (#213) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shuckle 72/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Shuckle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder is where a full HeartGold & SoulSilver set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shuckle can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.