Sceptile 9/160 · 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. Sceptile is 9/160, in position 9 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Sceptile, and after it is 10 Lotad. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Sceptile is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sceptile (#254), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Grovyle. In this catalog that name is Grovyle (#253).

hatachu illustrated this card. The same name is on 31 other cards in the catalog.

Sceptile (#254) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Sceptile 11/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and hatachu illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Sceptile list a different HP.

The attack Leaf Blade lists 30+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Power Poison is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Discard 1 Energy attached to this Pokémon. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. Ω Barrier is the ancient trait on this card. Whenever your opponent plays a Trainer card (excluding Pokémon Tools and Stadium cards), prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon. The flavor text reads "It agilely leaps about the jungle and uses the sharp leaves on its arms to strike its prey."

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. Sceptile can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.