Grotle 11/162 · Temporal Forces

Grotle is Pokédex #388, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Grotle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Turtwig. In this catalog that name is Turtwig (#387). The card lists Torterra, Torterra (#389) under evolves to.

Grotle sits at 11/162 in Temporal Forces, position 11 of 218. Before it is 10 Turtwig, and after it is 12 Torterra ex. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 22 March 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Cut lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Ramming Shell is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 20 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It lives along water in forests. In the daytime, it leaves the forest to sunbathe its treed shell." The regulation mark is H.

Grotle (#388) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Grotle 49/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Uninori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 7 other cards of Grotle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Uninori. I count 12 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Temporal Forces set binder is where a full Temporal Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grotle can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.