Steelix ex 109/115 · Unseen Forces

Steelix is Pokédex #208, generation 2 (Johto). Steelix ex is a Stage 1 ex Metal Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Onix. In this catalog that name is Onix (#095).

Steelix ex sits at 109/115 in Unseen Forces, position 111 of 145. Before it is 108 Scizor ex, and after it is 110 Typhlosion ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Poison Resistance is listed as Poké-Body. Steelix ex can't be Poisoned. The attack Metal Charge lists 70 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Put 1 damage counter on Steelix ex. Mudslide is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Fighting Energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2 and Fighting ×2. Resistance is Grass -30 and Lightning -30. Retreat cost is 5. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Steelix 15/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Steelix, while this one is Steelix ex. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 5. 32 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unseen Forces set binder is where a full Unseen Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Steelix can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.