Shuckle 72/111 · Neo Genesis

Shuckle is Pokédex #213, generation 2 (Johto). Shuckle is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 32.

Shuckle sits at 72/111 in Neo Genesis, position 72 of 111. Before it is 71 Sentret, and after it is 73 Slowpoke. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on December 16, 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Withdraw lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Shuckle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) Wrap is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The Berries it stores in its vaselike 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 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shuckle 51/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Yuka Morii illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Shuckle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Genesis set binder is where a full Neo Genesis 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.