Shellos West Sea 80/111 · Rising Rivals

Shellos is Pokédex #422, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Shellos West Sea is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 27. The card lists Gastrodon, Gastrodon (#423) under evolves to.

Shellos West Sea sits at 80/111 in Rising Rivals, position 80 of 120. Before it is 79 Shellos East Sea, and after it is 81 Snorlax. 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 Common.

The attack Healing Sea lists no damage number. Flip 2 coins. Choose 1 of your Pokémon. For each heads, remove 1 damage counter from that Pokémon. Mud Shot is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Beware of pushing strongly on its squishy body, as it makes a mysterious purple fluid ooze out."

Shellos (#422) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Shellos East Sea 106/132 in Secret Wonders (2007). That card is named Shellos East Sea, while this one is Shellos West Sea. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Shellos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 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. Shellos can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.