Squirtle 63/102 · Base

Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on 9 January 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Squirtle is 63/102, in position 63 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Sandshrew, and after it is 64 Starmie. The listed rarity is Common.

Squirtle is a Basic Water Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 8. In the Pokédex this is Squirtle (#007), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Wartortle, Wartortle (#008) under evolves to.

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Squirtle (#007) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Squirtle 93/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 23 other cards of Squirtle list a different HP.

The attack Bubble lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Withdraw is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Squirtle during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth."

I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Squirtle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.