Claydol 33/98 · Ancient Origins

Claydol is Pokédex #344, generation 3 (Hoenn). Claydol is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Baltoy. In this catalog that name is Baltoy (#343).

Claydol sits at 33/98 in Ancient Origins, position 33 of 101. Before it is 32 Baltoy, and after it is 34 Golett. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Rewind lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Devolve each of your opponent's evolved Pokémon and put the highest Stage Evolution card on it into your opponent's hand. Hyper Beam is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said that it originates from clay dolls made by an ancient civilization."

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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Zu-Ka illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Claydol list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Satoshi Shirai. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ancient Origins set binder is where a full Ancient Origins 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.