Steelix 87/95 · HS—Unleashed

Steelix is Pokédex #208, generation 2 (Johto). Steelix is a Stage 1 Prime Metal Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Onix. In this catalog that name is Onix (#095).

Steelix sits at 87/95 in HS—Unleashed, position 87 of 96. Before it is 86 Lanturn, and after it is 88 Tyranitar. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Prime.

Perfect Metal is listed as Poké-Body. Steelix can't be affected by any Special Conditions The attack Energy Stream lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Search your discard pile for an Energy card and attach it to Steelix. Gaia Crush is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard any Stadium card in play. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4.

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Steelix 15/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Prime. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Wataru Kawahara illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Wataru Kawahara. I count 35 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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