Alolan Sandshrew 4/12 · McDonald's Collection 2019

Sandshrew is Pokédex #027, generation 1 (Kanto). Alolan Sandshrew is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Sandslash, Sandslash (#028) under evolves to.

Alolan Sandshrew sits at 4/12 in McDonald's Collection 2019, position 4 of 12. Before it is 3 Magmar, and after it is 5 Lapras. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on October 15, 2019. The printed size is 12, and the checklist is the same length.

The attack Fury Swipes lists 10 damage. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "An ancient tradition of Alolan festivals, still carried on to this day, is a competition to slide Sandshrew across ice as far as one can."

Sandshrew (#027) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandshrew 62/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Sandshrew, while this one is Alolan Sandshrew. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Sandshrew list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

McDonald's Collection 2019 set binder is where a full McDonald's Collection 2019 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandshrew can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Alolan forms and McDonald's promos. I still need this card.