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Shellder

Sword & Shield / #40/202

Shellder

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Sword & Shield
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Sekio
Source reference
swsh1-40

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

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.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

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
70
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
90
Regulation mark
D
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning ×2

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.

Description from the source

It swims facing backward by opening and closing its two-piece shell. It is surprisingly fast.

Attacks

Water Splash

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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