Sharpedo 22/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Sharpedo is Pokédex #319, generation 3 (Hoenn). Sharpedo is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Carvanha. In this catalog that name is Carvanha (#318).

Sharpedo sits at 22/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 22 of 109. Before it is 21 Seaking, and after it is 23 Swampert. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 July 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

Rough Skin is listed as Poké-Body. If Sharpedo is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Sharpedo is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon. The attack Dark Slash lists 40+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a Darkness Energy card attached to Sharpedo. If you do, this attack does 40 damage plus 30 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Sharpedo (#319) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2025. The earliest other card is Team Aqua's Sharpedo 5/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004). That card is named Team Aqua's Sharpedo, while this one is Sharpedo. Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Katsura Tabata illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Sharpedo list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sharpedo can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.