Sharpedo 49/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 16 May 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Sharpedo is 49/111, in position 49 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Scizor E4, and after it is 50 Starmie. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Sharpedo is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 43. In the Pokédex this is Sharpedo (#319), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Carvanha. In this catalog that name is Carvanha (#318).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Sharpedo (#319) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sharpedo 22/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Sharpedo list a different HP.

Energy Shark is listed as Poké-Body. If Sharpedo is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Sharpedo is Knocked Out), flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Attacking Pokémon. The attack Crunch lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. If an attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 40 more damage to that Pokémon until the end of your next turn. Sharp Fang is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +20. Resistance is Psychic -20.

I keep a set binder for Rising Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rising Rivals set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sharpedo can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.