Mudkip 59/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Mudkip is Pokédex #258, generation 3 (Hoenn). Mudkip is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Marshtomp, Marshtomp (#259) under evolves to.

Mudkip sits at 59/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 59 of 109. Before it is 58 Makuhita, and after it is 60 Mudkip. 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 Common.

The attack Bubble lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Mudkip (#258) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2021. The earliest other card is Mudkip 60/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Mudkip list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 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. Mudkip can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.