Groudon 93/182 · Paradox Rift

Paradox Rift is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 3, 2023. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 266 cards. Groudon is 93/182, in position 93 of 266 on this checklist. Before it is 92 Gliscor, and after it is 94 Gible. The listed rarity is Rare.

Groudon is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Groudon (#383), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Uta illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Groudon (#383) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Groudon ex 2/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Groudon ex, while this one is Groudon. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kazuo Yazawa illustrated that card, and Uta illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Groudon list a different HP.

The attack Swelling Power lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Attach a Basic Fighting Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon. Magma Purge is another attack lists 60× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Discard up to 4 Energy from your Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage for each card you discarded in this way. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "This legendary Pokémon is said to represent the land. It went to sleep after dueling Kyogre." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paradox Rift, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paradox Rift set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Groudon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.