Claydol 59/172 · Brilliant Stars

Claydol is Pokédex #344, generation 3 (Hoenn). Claydol is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Baltoy. In this catalog that name is Baltoy (#343).

Claydol sits at 59/172 in Brilliant Stars, position 59 of 186. Before it is 58 Baltoy, and after it is 60 Duskull. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Spinning Attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Coinciding Figures is another attack lists 90+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. If you and your opponent have the same number of Benched Pokémon, this attack does 90 more damage. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This mysterious Pokémon started life as an ancient clay figurine made over 20,000 years ago." The regulation mark is F.

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 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Zu-Ka illustrated that card, and Kazuma Koda illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Claydol list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kazuma Koda. I count 13 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Brilliant Stars set binder is where a full Brilliant Stars set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Claydol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.