Shiftry ex 97/100 · Crystal Guardians

Shiftry is Pokédex #275, generation 3 (Hoenn). Shiftry ex is a Stage 2 ex Darkness Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Nuzleaf. In this catalog that name is Nuzleaf (#274).

Shiftry ex sits at 97/100 in Crystal Guardians, position 97 of 100. Before it is 96 Sceptile ex δ, and after it is 98 Swampert ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Dark Eyes is listed as Poké-Body. After your opponent's Pokémon uses a Poké-Power, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. The attack Target Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. If that Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage instead. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Blade Arms is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Shiftry (#275) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shiftry 12/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card is named Shiftry, while this one is Shiftry ex. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Shiftry list a different HP.

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

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