Squirtle 17/25 · McDonald's Collection 2021

McDonald's Collection 2021 is a set in the Other series. It was released on February 9, 2021. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. Squirtle is 17/25, in position 17 of 25 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Scorbunny, and after it is 18 Totodile.

Squirtle is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Squirtle (#007), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Wartortle, Wartortle (#008) under evolves to.

tetsuya koizumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

Squirtle (#007) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Squirtle 63/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Squirtle list a different HP.

The attack Bubble lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity."

I keep a set binder for McDonald's Collection 2021, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the McDonald's Collection 2021 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Squirtle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.