Claydol 79/168 · 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. Claydol is 79/168, in position 80 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 78 Baltoy, and after it is 80 Regirock. The listed rarity is Rare.

Claydol is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Claydol (#344), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Baltoy. In this catalog that name is Baltoy (#343).

Yumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 24 other cards in the catalog.

Claydol (#344) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Team Magma's Claydol 8/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004). That card is named Team Magma's Claydol, while this one is Claydol. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Zu-Ka illustrated that card, and Yumi illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Claydol list a different HP.

The attack Psy Bolt lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Miraculous Spin is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 40 damage for each Steven's Resolve card in your discard pile. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said that it originates from clay dolls made by an ancient civilization."

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. Claydol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.