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Misty's Shellder

Gym Heroes / #89/132

Misty's Shellder

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Gym Heroes
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
gym1-89

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About the species

Shellder closes its sturdy shell to protect the fragile body inside. Opening it makes Shellder vulnerable, but this movement also lets it swim rapidly backward. Sand entering the shell can turn into pearls over time; since they bother it, it spits them out. The Pokédex thus describes essential shelter that is never entirely still: Shellder opens it to escape, feed or remove a cumbersome object.

This account describes the species in the video games. It does not describe its Trainer’s history or that of this copy, and does not identify the depicted form or sex.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun explains that Shellder spits out pearls formed from sand inside its shell. Pokémon Sword shows it moving by opening and closing that same shell. What humans find precious may therefore mainly hinder its movements.

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Card details

HP
40
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
90
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning x2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Tackle

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Clamp

Cost: Water · Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage).

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · standard
  • normal · standard · 1st-edition

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