Claydol 103/202 · Sword & Shield

Claydol is Pokédex #344, generation 3 (Hoenn). Claydol is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Baltoy. In this catalog that name is Baltoy (#343).

Claydol sits at 103/202 in Sword & Shield, position 103 of 216. Before it is 102 Baltoy, and after it is 104 Regirock V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 7, 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Psybeam lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Explosion is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. This Pokémon also does 120 damage to itself. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This mysterious Pokémon started life as an ancient clay figurine made over 20,000 years ago." The regulation mark is D.

Claydol (#344) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Team Magma's Claydol 8/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004). That card is named Team Magma's Claydol, while this one is Claydol. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Zu-Ka illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Claydol list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sword & Shield set binder is where a full Sword & Shield set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Claydol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.