Steelix 139/264 · Fusion Strike

Steelix is Pokédex #208, generation 2 (Johto). Steelix is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 190 HP. The card says it evolves from Onix. In this catalog that name is Onix (#095).

Steelix sits at 139/264 in Fusion Strike, position 139 of 284. Before it is 138 Onix, and after it is 140 Gligar. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 12 November 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Powerful Rage lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Earthquake is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. This attack also does 30 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It is thought its body transformed as a result of iron accumulating internally from swallowing soil." The regulation mark is E.

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Steelix 15/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 190 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryuta Fuse illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryuta Fuse. I count 98 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Fusion Strike set binder is where a full Fusion Strike set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Steelix can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Giant Pokémon. I still need this card.