Sandaconda 82/163 · Battle Styles

Sandaconda is Pokédex #844, generation 8 (Galar). Sandaconda is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Silicobra. In this catalog that name is Silicobra (#843).

Sandaconda sits at 82/163 in Battle Styles, position 82 of 183. Before it is 81 Silicobra, and after it is 83 Falinks. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 19 March 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Big Sand Cannon lists 60× damage. The cost is Fighting. Discard the top 6 cards of your deck. This attack does 60 damage for each Fighting Energy card you discarded in this way. Skull Bash is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its unique style of coiling allows it to blast sand out of its sand sac more efficiently." The regulation mark is E.

Sandaconda (#844) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sandaconda 109/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and hatachu illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 11 other cards of Sandaconda list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads hatachu. I count 31 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Battle Styles set binder is where a full Battle Styles set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sandaconda can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.