Shellder δ 63/101 · Dragon Frontiers

Shellder is Pokédex #090, generation 1 (Kanto). Shellder δ is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.

Shellder δ sits at 63/101 in Dragon Frontiers, position 63 of 101. Before it is 62 Seel δ, and after it is 64 Smoochum δ. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 November 2006. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Shellder 54/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Shellder, while this one is Shellder δ. That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hisao Nakamura illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hisao Nakamura. I count 71 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon Frontiers set binder is where a full Dragon Frontiers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shellder can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Delta Species cards. I still need this card.