Grotle 49/127 · Platinum

Grotle is Pokédex #388, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Grotle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 26. The card says it evolves from Turtwig. In this catalog that name is Turtwig (#387). The card lists Torterra, Torterra (#389) under evolves to.

Grotle sits at 49/127 in Platinum, position 49 of 133. Before it is 48 Flaaffy, and after it is 50 Houndoom G. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Absorb lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Remove 1 damage counter from Grotle. Razor Leaf is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It knows where pure water wells up. It carries fellow Pokémon there on its back."

Grotle (#388) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Grotle 49/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Grotle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grotle can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.