Sandile 68/116 · Plasma Freeze

Sandile is Pokédex #551, generation 5 (Unova). Sandile is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Krokorok, Krokorok (#552) under evolves to.

Sandile sits at 68/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 68 of 122. Before it is 67 Absol, and after it is 69 Krokorok. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 8 May 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Gentle Slap lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "They live hidden under hot desert sands in order to keep their body temperature from dropping."

Sandile (#551) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandile 63/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Sandile list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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