Sandy Shocks 98/162 · 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. Sandy Shocks is 98/162, in position 98 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 97 Great Tusk, and after it is 99 Iron Boulder ex. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Sandy Shocks is a Basic Ancient Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandy Shocks (#989), generation 9 (Paldea).

DOM illustrated this card. The same name is on 36 other cards in the catalog.

Sandy Shocks (#989) has 3 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 1 set. The other dated printings are from 2023. The earliest other card is Sandy Shocks ex 108/182 in Paradox Rift (2023). That card is named Sandy Shocks ex, while this one is Sandy Shocks. That card lists 220 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Double Rare, and here it is Uncommon. PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated that card, and DOM illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is G, and here it is H. 3 other cards of Sandy Shocks list a different HP.

The attack Magnetic Burst lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting. If you have 3 or more Energy in play, this attack does 70 more damage. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness. Power Gem is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "No records exist of this Pokémon being caught. Data is lacking, but the Pokémon's traits match up with a creature shown in an expedition journal." 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. Sandy Shocks can fill a slot in Generation 9 binder (Paldea). I still need this card.