Sandygast 91/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Twilight Masquerade is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. Sandygast is 91/167, in position 91 of 226 on this checklist. Before it is 90 Slurpuff, and after it is 92 Palossand. The listed rarity is Common.

Sandygast is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandygast (#769), generation 7 (Alola). The card lists Palossand, Palossand (#770) under evolves to.

Asako Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Sandygast (#769) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2024. The earliest other card is Sandygast 74/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and Asako Ito illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Sandygast list a different HP.

The attack Sand Attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. During your opponent's next turn, if the Defending Pokémon tries to use an attack, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack doesn't happen. Spooky Shot is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It flings sand into the eyes of its prey and tries to close in on them while they're blinded, but since Sandygast is so slow, the prey tends to escape." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Twilight Masquerade, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Twilight Masquerade set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandygast can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.