Sandslash 29/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Sandslash is 29/123, in position 29 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Pichu, and after it is 30 Smoochum. The listed rarity is Rare.

Sandslash is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandslash (#028), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Sandshrew. In this catalog that name is Sandshrew (#027).

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Sandslash (#028) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandslash 41/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Sandslash list a different HP.

The attack Poison Sting lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Fury Swipes is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. The flavor text reads "If it digs at an incredible pace, it may snap off its spike and claws. They grow back in a day."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandslash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.