Shelgon 48/99 · Arceus

Shelgon is Pokédex #372, generation 3 (Hoenn). Shelgon is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 34. The card says it evolves from Bagon. In this catalog that name is Bagon (#371). The card lists Salamence, Salamence (#373) under evolves to.

Shelgon sits at 48/99 in Arceus, position 48 of 111. Before it is 47 Rapidash, and after it is 49 Wormadam Plant Cloak. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Scrunch lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Shelgon during your opponent's next turn. Dragon Bump is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If Shelgon has any basic Fire Energy and any basic Water Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Colorless +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Within its rugged shell, its cells have begun changing. The shell peels off the instant it evolves."

Shelgon (#372) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shelgon 20/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 8 other cards of Shelgon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Arceus set binder is where a full Arceus set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shelgon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.