Grovyle 7/17 · POP Series 4

Grovyle is Pokédex #253, generation 3 (Hoenn). Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

Grovyle sits at 7/17 in POP Series 4, position 7 of 17. Before it is 6 Combusken, and after it is 8 Heal Energy. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Blot is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from Grovyle. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Grovyle (#253) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Grovyle 31/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 4 set binder is where a full POP Series 4 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grovyle can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.