Claydol 58/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Claydol is 58/163, in position 58 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Baltoy, and after it is 59 Chimecho. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

Shibuzoh. illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.

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 Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Claydol list a different HP.

The attack Power Split lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Attach Psychic Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokémon in any way you like until your Pokémon and your opponent's Pokémon have the same total amount of Energy attached. Psyshot is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It appears to have been born from clay dolls made by ancient people. It uses telekinesis to float and move." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Battle Styles, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Battle Styles set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Claydol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.