Steelix 24/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 12 May 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Steelix is 24/95, in position 24 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 23 Roserade, and after it is 25 Torkoal. The listed rarity is Rare.

Steelix is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Steelix (#208), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Onix. In this catalog that name is Onix (#095).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 lists 110 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

The attack Guard Press lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Steelix by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Steel Swing is another attack lists 80× damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 80 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Its body has been compressed deep under the ground. As a result, it is even harder than a diamond."

I keep a set binder for HS—Unleashed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Unleashed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Steelix can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.