Sceptile 4/17 · POP Series 1

Sceptile is Pokédex #254, generation 3 (Hoenn). Sceptile is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

Sceptile sits at 4/17 in POP Series 1, position 4 of 17. Before it is 3 Rayquaza, and after it is 5 Swampert. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Cling lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. After your attack, remove from Sceptile the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. If Sceptile has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them. Leaf Blade is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 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). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Hiromichi Sugiyama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hiromichi Sugiyama. I count 32 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 1 set binder is where a full POP Series 1 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sceptile can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.