Shellder 105/132 · Secret Wonders

Secret Wonders is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 November 2007. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. Shellder is 105/132, in position 105 of 132 on this checklist. Before it is 104 Sentret, and after it is 106 Shellos East Sea. The listed rarity is Common.

Shellder is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 10. In the Pokédex this is Shellder (#090), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 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 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The attack Shell Rest lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from Shellder. Tongue Slap is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It swims backwards by opening and closing its two shells. Its large tongue is always kept hanging out."

I keep a set binder for Secret Wonders, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Secret Wonders set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shellder can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.