Cloyster 41/202 · Sword & Shield

Sword & Shield is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 7, 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Cloyster is 41/202, in position 41 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 40 Shellder, and after it is 42 Krabby. The listed rarity is Rare.

Cloyster is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cloyster (#091), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Shellder. In this catalog that name is Shellder (#090).

MAHOU illustrated this card. The same name is on 122 other cards in the catalog.

Cloyster (#091) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cloyster 32/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and MAHOU illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Cloyster list a different HP.

The attack Shell Grab lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Tidal Wave is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its shell is extremely hard. It cannot be shattered, even with a bomb. The shell opens only when it is attacking." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Sword & Shield, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Sword & Shield set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cloyster can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.