Dhelmise 22/168 · 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. Dhelmise is 22/168, in position 23 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 21 Tropius, and after it is 23 Slugma. The listed rarity is Rare.

Dhelmise is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dhelmise (#781), generation 7 (Alola).

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Dhelmise (#781) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dhelmise SM53/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 10 other cards of Dhelmise list a different HP.

The attack Giga Drain lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Powerful Spin is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. This Pokémon can't attack during your next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The soul of seaweed adrift in the waves became reborn as this Pokémon. It maintains itself with new infusions of seabed detritus and seaweed."

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. Dhelmise can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.