Squirtle 48/102 · Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 1 January 2023. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. Squirtle is 48/102, in position 48 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 47 Charmander, and after it is 49 Zapdos ex. The listed rarity is Promo.

Squirtle is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Squirtle (#007), generation 1 (Kanto).

Gemi illustrated this card. The same name is on 19 other cards in the catalog.

Squirtle (#007) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Squirtle 63/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Gemi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 24 other cards of Squirtle list a different HP.

The attack Bubble lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When it feels threatened, it draws its limbs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Squirtle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Kanto starters, without Charizard and Modern living dex: the 151. I still need this card.