Shellder 22/122 · BREAKpoint

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 22/122 in BREAKpoint, position 22 of 126. Before it is 21 Slowking, and after it is 23 Shellder. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 3, 2016. The printed size is 122. This checklist is longer, at 126 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Razor Shell lists 10+ damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort."

Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 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 Mizue illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 9 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mizue. I count 184 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKpoint set binder is where a full BREAKpoint 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.