Gastrodon 102/196 · Lost Origin

Gastrodon is Pokédex #423, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Gastrodon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Shellos. In this catalog that name is Shellos (#422).

Gastrodon sits at 102/196 in Lost Origin, position 102 of 217. Before it is 101 Relicanth, and after it is 103 Mienfoo. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Recover lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon and heal all damage from it. Earthquake is another attack lists 170 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. This attack also does 20 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its search for food sometimes leads it onto land, where it leaves behind a sticky trail of slime as it passes through." The regulation mark is F.

Gastrodon (#423) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Gastrodon East Sea 8/132 in Secret Wonders (2007). That card is named Gastrodon East Sea, while this one is Gastrodon. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kazuyuki Kano illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 3. 6 other cards of Gastrodon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sanosuke Sakuma. I count 158 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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