Spheal 82/111 · Rising Rivals

Spheal is Pokédex #363, generation 3 (Hoenn). Spheal is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 18. The card lists Sealeo, Sealeo (#364) under evolves to.

Spheal sits at 82/111 in Rising Rivals, position 82 of 120. Before it is 81 Snorlax, and after it is 83 Staryu. 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 Powder Snow lists no damage number. The cost is Water. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Ice Ball is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Metal +10. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It rolls across ice floes to reach shore because its body is poorly shaped for swimming."

Spheal (#363) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2024. The earliest other card is Team Aqua's Spheal 56/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004). That card is named Team Aqua's Spheal, while this one is Spheal. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 12 other cards of Spheal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 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. Spheal can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.