Grovyle 7/17 · POP Series 4

Grovyle is Pokédex #253, generation 3 (Hoenn). Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

Grovyle sits at 7/17 in POP Series 4, position 7 of 17. Before it is 6 Combusken, and after it is 8 Heal Energy. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on 1 August 2006. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Blot is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from Grovyle. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Grovyle (#253) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Grovyle 31/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 4 set binder is where a full POP Series 4 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grovyle can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.