AttackClamp
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Shellder 23/122 · BREAKpoint
BREAKpoint is a set in the XY series. It was released on 3 February 2016. The printed size is 122. This checklist is longer, at 126 cards. Shellder is 23/122, in position 23 of 126 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Shellder, and after it is 24 Cloyster. The listed rarity is Common.
Shellder is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shellder (#090), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Cloyster, Cloyster (#091) under evolves to.
Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.
Shellder (#090) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Shellder list a different HP.
The attack Clamp lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort."
I keep a set binder for BREAKpoint, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BREAKpoint set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shellder can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 23/122
- Set
- BREAKpoint
- Series
- XY
- Released
- 3 February 2016
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 60
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex
- Shellder (#090)
- Evolves to
- Cloyster
- Weakness
- Grass ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
Clamping on to an opponent reveals its vulnerable parts, so it uses this move only as a last resort.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Shellder from?
BREAKpoint, in the XY series. It was released on 3 February 2016. The printed size is 122.
What is the collector number?
23/122. It is entry 23 of 126 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Kouki Saitou. The catalog lists 652 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Shellder #090, generation 1 (Kanto).
Which attacks are printed?
Clamp (30).