Shining Steelix 112/105 · Neo Destiny

Steelix is Pokédex #208, generation 2 (Johto). Shining Steelix is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 51.

Shining Steelix sits at 112/105 in Neo Destiny, position 112 of 113. Before it is 111 Shining Raichu, and after it is 113 Shining Tyranitar. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on February 28, 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 105. The listed rarity is Rare Shining.

The attack Crushing Earth lists 80 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Fighting, Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon (yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) If tails, this attack does nothing. Either way, Shining Steelix can't attack during your next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: You can't have more than 1 Shining Steelix in your deck. The flavor text reads "If an Onix lives 100 years or more, its skin hardens, eventually becoming even harder than a diamond."

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 is named Steelix, while this one is Shining Steelix. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Shining. 33 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

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

Neo Destiny set binder is where a full Neo Destiny 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.