Crustle 12/203 · 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. Crustle is 12/203, in position 12 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 11 Dwebble, and after it is 13 Trevenant V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Crustle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Crustle (#558), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Dwebble. In this catalog that name is Dwebble (#557).

sowsow illustrated this card. The same name is on 104 other cards in the catalog.

Crustle (#558) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Crustle 7/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and sowsow illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Crustle list a different HP.

The attack X-Scissor lists 30+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 60 more damage. Hammer In is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its thick claws are its greatest weapons. They're mighty enough to crack Rhyperior's carapace." 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. Crustle can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.