Sandslash 84/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Sandslash is 84/214, in position 84 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 83 Sandshrew, and after it is 85 Diglett. The listed rarity is Rare.

Sandslash is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandslash (#028), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Sandshrew. In this catalog that name is Sandshrew (#027).

Shigenori Negishi illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Sandslash (#028) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandslash 41/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Sandslash list a different HP.

The attack Continuous Scratch lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. Sand Tomb is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its claws and horns often break off. The broken claws and horns can be used to carve plows for tilling farm fields."

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandslash can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.