Shellder 40/202 · Sword & Shield

Shellder is Pokédex #090, generation 1 (Kanto). Shellder is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.

Shellder sits at 40/202 in Sword & Shield, position 40 of 216. Before it is 39 Centiskorch, and after it is 41 Cloyster. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 7 February 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Water Splash lists 20+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast." The regulation mark is D.

Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Shellder 54/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sekio illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sekio. I count 72 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sword & Shield set binder is where a full Sword & Shield set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shellder can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.