Sceptile 30/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Sceptile is 30/99, in position 30 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Raticate, and after it is 31 Sceptile. The listed rarity is Rare.

Sceptile is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. The card lists level 57. In the Pokédex this is Sceptile (#254), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

Reiko Tanoue illustrated this card. The same name is on 1 other cards in the catalog.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Sceptile 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Reiko Tanoue illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

Green Breath is listed as Poké-Body. When you attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to Sceptile, remove 2 damage counters from Sceptile. The attack Leaf Blast lists 20× damage. The cost is Grass. Does 20 damage times the amount of Grass Energy attached to Sceptile. Poison Claws is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire +30. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sceptile can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.