Alolan Sandshrew 19/145 · Guardians Rising

Sandshrew is Pokédex #027, generation 1 (Kanto). Alolan Sandshrew is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Sandslash, Sandslash (#028) under evolves to.

Alolan Sandshrew sits at 19/145 in Guardians Rising, position 19 of 180. Before it is 18 Turtonator-GX, and after it is 19a Alolan Sandshrew. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 5 May 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Defense Curl lists no damage number. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks during your opponent's next turn. Ice Ball is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives on snowy mountains. Its steel shell is very hard—so much so, it can't roll its body up into a ball."

Sandshrew (#027) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 is named Sandshrew, while this one is Alolan Sandshrew. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mizue illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Sandshrew list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mizue. I count 184 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Guardians Rising set binder is where a full Guardians Rising set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandshrew can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Alolan forms. I still need this card.