Turtwig 10/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Turtwig is 10/162, in position 10 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Roserade, and after it is 11 Grotle. The listed rarity is Common.

Turtwig is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Turtwig (#387), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Grotle, Grotle (#388) under evolves to.

OKACHEKE illustrated this card. The same name is on 59 other cards in the catalog.

Turtwig (#387) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Turtwig 103/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and OKACHEKE illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 13 other cards of Turtwig list a different HP.

Solid Shell is listed as Ability. This Pokémon takes 20 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Leafage lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Photosynthesis occurs across its body under the sun. The shell on its back is actually hardened soil." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Turtwig can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.