Grovyle 9/168 · Celestial Storm

Grovyle is Pokédex #253, generation 3 (Hoenn). Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 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 9/168 in Celestial Storm, position 9 of 187. Before it is 8 Treecko, and after it is 10 Sceptile. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 August 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Leaf Blade lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in dense jungles. While closing in on its prey, it leaps from branch to branch."

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). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celestial Storm set binder is where a full Celestial Storm 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). I still need this card.