Onix 3/18 · Southern Islands

Onix is Pokédex #095, generation 1 (Kanto). Onix is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists Steelix, Steelix (#208) under evolves to.

Onix sits at 3/18 in Southern Islands, position 3 of 18. Before it is 2 Pidgeot, and after it is 4 Togepi. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on July 31, 2001. The printed size is 18, and the checklist is the same length.

The attack Slam lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Body Slam is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon burrows through the earth at high speed, looking for food. The tunnels it digs are used by Diglett as nests."

Onix (#095) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Onix 56/102 in Base (1999). Both list 90 HP. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Keiko Fukuyama illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Onix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Keiko Fukuyama. I count 19 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Southern Islands set binder is where a full Southern Islands set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Onix can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.