Shelgon 105/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Shelgon is 105/168, in position 106 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 104 Bagon, and after it is 106 Salamence. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Shelgon is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shelgon (#372), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Bagon. In this catalog that name is Bagon (#371). The card lists Salamence, Salamence (#373) under evolves to.

Asako Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

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). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Asako Ito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Shelgon list a different HP.

The attack Raging Blade lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fire, Water. If this Pokémon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 50 more damage. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "They lurk deep within caves—motionless, neither eating nor drinking. Why they don't die is not known."

I keep a set binder for Celestial Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Celestial Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shelgon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.