AbilitySun-Drenched Shell
Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Grass Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Grotle 7/172 · Brilliant Stars
Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 25 February 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Grotle is 7/172, in position 7 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Turtwig, and after it is 8 Torterra. The listed rarity is Uncommon.
Grotle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grotle (#388), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Turtwig. In this catalog that name is Turtwig (#387). The card lists Torterra, Torterra (#389) under evolves to.
Nisota Niso illustrated this card. The same name is on 39 other cards in the catalog.
Grotle (#388) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Grotle 49/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Nisota Niso illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grotle list a different HP.
Sun-Drenched Shell is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Grass Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. The attack Razor Leaf lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It knows where pure water wells up. It carries fellow Pokémon there on its back." The regulation mark is F.
I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grotle can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 7/172
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- 25 February 2022
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1
- HP
- 100
- Type
- Grass
- Illustrator
- Nisota Niso
- Pokédex
- Grotle (#388)
- Evolves from
- Turtwig
- Evolves to
- Torterra
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat
- 3
- Regulation mark
- F
Attacks and card text
AttackRazor Leaf
Flavor text
It knows where pure water wells up. It carries fellow Pokémon there on its back.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Grotle from?
Brilliant Stars, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 25 February 2022. The printed size is 172.
What is the collector number?
7/172. It is entry 7 of 186 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Nisota Niso. The catalog lists 39 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Uncommon.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Grotle #388, generation 4 (Sinnoh).
What regulation mark is printed?
F.
Which attacks are printed?
Razor Leaf (50).