Sandaconda 120/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Sandaconda is 120/198, in position 120 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 119 Silicobra, and after it is 121 Stonjourner. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Sandaconda is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandaconda (#844), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Silicobra. In this catalog that name is Silicobra (#843).

Yuya Oka illustrated this card. The same name is on 37 other cards in the catalog.

Sandaconda (#844) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandaconda 109/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Yuya Oka illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is G. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 9 other cards of Sandaconda list a different HP.

The attack Skull Bash lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Sandstorm Spray is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. If you discarded any Energy in this way, your opponent shuffles their Active Pokémon and all attached cards into their deck. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It will expand its body as much as it can and then contract itself, blasting out sand with enough force to wash away a dump truck." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandaconda can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.