Shellder 31/146 · XY

Shellder is Pokédex #090, generation 1 (Kanto). Shellder is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.

Shellder sits at 31/146 in XY, position 31 of 146. Before it is 30 M Blastoise-EX, and after it is 32 Cloyster. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Rain Splash lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open."

Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Shellder 54/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY set binder is where a full XY set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shellder can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.