Crustle 8/108 · Dark Explorers

Crustle is Pokédex #558, generation 5 (Unova). Crustle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Dwebble. In this catalog that name is Dwebble (#557).

Crustle sits at 8/108 in Dark Explorers, position 8 of 111. Before it is 7 Dwebble, and after it is 9 Karrablast. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 9 May 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Cut lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Heavy Bullet is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It possesses legs of enormous strength, enabling it to carry heavy slabs for many days, even when crossing arid land."

Crustle (#558) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Crustle 7/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Crustle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dark Explorers set binder is where a full Dark Explorers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Crustle can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.