Shelgon 108/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Shelgon is 108/203, in position 108 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 107 Bagon, and after it is 109 Salamence. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Shelgon is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shelgon (#372), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Bagon. In this catalog that name is Bagon (#371). The card lists Salamence, Salamence (#373) under evolves to.

tetsuya koizumi illustrated this card. The same name is on 62 other cards in the catalog.

Shelgon (#372) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shelgon 20/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 15 other cards of Shelgon list a different HP.

The attack Hard Roll lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Shelgon lives deep within caves. It stays shut up in its hard shell, dreaming of the day it will be able to fly." The regulation mark is E.

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