Shuckle-GX 195/214 · Lost Thunder

Lost Thunder is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 2 November 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. Shuckle-GX is 195/214, in position 199 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 194 Memory Energy, and after it is 196 Sceptile-GX. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Shuckle-GX is a Basic GX Grass Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shuckle (#213), generation 2 (Johto).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Shuckle (#213) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shuckle 72/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Shuckle, while this one is Shuckle-GX. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Shuckle list a different HP.

Protective Shell is listed as Ability. Prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that have 2 or fewer Energy attached to them. The attack Triple Poison lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 3 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns. Wrap-GX is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Lost Thunder, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Thunder set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shuckle can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.