Shieldon 63/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Mysterious Treasures is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 August 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Shieldon is 63/123, in position 63 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Sealeo, and after it is 64 Tropius. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Shieldon is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 26. In the Pokédex this is Shieldon (#410), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Armor Fossil. The card lists Bastiodon, Bastiodon (#411) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Shieldon (#410) has 6 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Shieldon DP08/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. 4 other cards of Shieldon list a different HP.

The attack Hard Face lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Shieldon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Shield Attack is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon that lived in jungles around 100 million years ago. Its facial hide is extremely hard."

I keep a set binder for Mysterious Treasures, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Mysterious Treasures set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shieldon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.