Grotle 164/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 22 March 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Grotle is 164/162, in position 164 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 163 Shiftry, and after it is 165 Deerling. The collector number is above the printed set size of 162. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

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

Oswaldo KATO illustrated this card. The same name is on 84 other cards in the catalog.

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 Illustration Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Oswaldo KATO illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 7 other cards of Grotle list a different HP.

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.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grotle can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.