Ninjask 30/214 · 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. Ninjask is 30/214, in position 30 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Nincada, and after it is 31 Combee. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Ninjask is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ninjask (#291), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Nincada. In this catalog that name is Nincada (#290). The card lists Shedinja, Shedinja (#292) under evolves to.

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Ninjask (#291) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ninjask 18/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Ninjask list a different HP.

Molting is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may put a Shedinja from your discard pile onto your Bench. The attack X-Scissor lists 40+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. The flavor text reads "Because it moves so quickly, it sometimes becomes unseeable. It congregates around tree sap."

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