Gastrodon West Sea 22/111 · Rising Rivals

Gastrodon is Pokédex #423, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Gastrodon West Sea is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. The card lists level 50. The card says it evolves from Shellos West Sea. In this catalog that name is Shellos (#422).

Gastrodon West Sea sits at 22/111 in Rising Rivals, position 22 of 120. Before it is 21 Gastrodon East Sea, and after it is 23 Golem E4. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Tackle lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Muddy Bomb is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon and 10 damage to each of your opponent's other Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Raging Sea is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 60 damage plus 10 more damage for each of your Benched Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. Weakness is Grass +30. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 3.

Gastrodon (#423) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Gastrodon East Sea 8/132 in Secret Wonders (2007). That card is named Gastrodon East Sea, while this one is Gastrodon West Sea. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kazuyuki Kano illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 3. 6 other cards of Gastrodon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gastrodon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.