AttackDefense Curl
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks during your opponent's next turn.
Alolan Sandshrew 19a/145 · Guardians Rising
Guardians Rising is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 5 May 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. Alolan Sandshrew is 19a/145, in position 20 of 180 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Alolan Sandshrew, and after it is 20 Alolan Sandslash. The listed rarity is Common.
Alolan Sandshrew is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sandshrew (#027), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Sandslash, Sandslash (#028) under evolves to.
Hideki Ishikawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.
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 Hideki Ishikawa illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Sandshrew list a different HP.
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."
I keep a set binder for Guardians Rising, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Guardians Rising set binder. 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.
Card facts
- Number
- 19a/145
- Series
- Sun & Moon
- Released
- 5 May 2017
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 60
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Hideki Ishikawa
- Pokédex
- Sandshrew (#027)
- Evolves to
- Sandslash
- Weakness
- Metal ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
AttackIce Ball
Flavor text
It lives on snowy mountains. Its steel shell is very hard—so much so, it can't roll its body up into a ball.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Alolan Sandshrew from?
Guardians Rising, in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 5 May 2017. The printed size is 145.
What is the collector number?
19a/145. It is entry 20 of 180 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Hideki Ishikawa. The catalog lists 100 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Sandshrew #027, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
Defense Curl and Ice Ball (30).