AttackPoison Needle
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Sandshrew 75/100 · Sandstorm
Sandstorm is a set in the EX series. It was released on 18 September 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Sandshrew is 75/100, in position 75 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 74 Ralts, and after it is 76 Seedot. The listed rarity is Common.
Sandshrew is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandshrew (#027), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Sandslash, Sandslash (#028) under evolves to.
Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.
Sandshrew (#027) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandshrew 62/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Sandshrew list a different HP.
The attack Poison Needle lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1.
I keep a set binder for Sandstorm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Sandstorm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandshrew can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 75/100
- Set
- Sandstorm
- Series
- EX
- Released
- 18 September 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 50
- Type
- Fighting
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex
- Sandshrew (#027)
- Evolves to
- Sandslash
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat
- 1
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Questions about this card
Which set is Sandshrew from?
Sandstorm, in the EX series. It was released on 18 September 2003. The printed size is 100.
What is the collector number?
75/100. It is entry 75 of 100 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Kouki Saitou. The catalog lists 652 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Sandshrew #027, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
Poison Needle (10).