Ninjask 67/146 · Legends Awakened

Legends Awakened is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 August 2008. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Ninjask is 67/146, in position 67 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 66 Mightyena, and after it is 68 Persian. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Ninjask is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 42. In the Pokédex this is Ninjask (#291), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Nincada. In this catalog that name is Nincada (#290). The card lists Shedinja, Shedinja (#292) under evolves to.

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

Ninjask (#291) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ninjask 18/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Ninjask list a different HP.

Cast-off Shell is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you play Ninjask from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon and if your Bench isn't full, you may put Shedinja onto your Bench as a Basic Pokémon from your hand or your discard pile. The attack Chip Off lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. If your opponent has 6 or more cards in his or her hand, discard a number of cards without looking until your opponent has 5 cards left in his or her hand. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. The flavor text reads "Because it moves so quickly, it sometimes becomes unseeable. It congregates around tree sap."

I keep a set binder for Legends Awakened, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Legends Awakened set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ninjask can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.