Scraggy 98/203 · 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. Scraggy is 98/203, in position 98 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 97 Shiftry, and after it is 99 Scrafty. The listed rarity is Common.

Scraggy is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Scraggy (#559), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Scrafty, Scrafty (#560) under evolves to.

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Scraggy (#559) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Scraggy BW25/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Scraggy list a different HP.

The attack Hard Head lists 10 damage. The cost is Darkness. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 10 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It protects itself with its durable skin. It's thought that this Pokémon will evolve once its skin has completely stretched out." 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. Scraggy can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.