Grovyle 7/160 · Primal Clash

Primal Clash is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. Grovyle is 7/160, in position 7 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Treecko, and after it is 8 Sceptile. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grovyle (#253), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Grovyle (#253) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Grovyle 31/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The attack Pound lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Agility is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in dense jungles. While closing in on its prey, it leaps from branch to branch."

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