Sceptile-GX 216/214 · Lost Thunder

Lost Thunder is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 2, 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. Sceptile-GX is 216/214, in position 220 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 215 Shuckle-GX, and after it is 217 Virizion-GX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 214. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

Sceptile-GX is a Stage 2 GX Grass Pokémon with 230 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sceptile (#254), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

Yoshinobu Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 61 other cards in the catalog.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Sceptile 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Sceptile, while this one is Sceptile-GX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Yoshinobu Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

The attack Mach Cut lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass. Discard a Special Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Leaf Cyclone is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Move a Grass Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Jungle Heal-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Heal all damage from each of your Pokémon that has any Grass Energy attached to it. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Lost Thunder, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Thunder set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sceptile can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Hoenn starters. I still need this card.