Curatorial Commentary
The card shows Sandslash, a small, spiky Pokémon, standing upright. It has yellow and brown coloring with sharp quills protruding from its back. The background is a simple design, focusing on the Pokémon itself.
Essay · Fossil
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Catalogue plate
№ 41/62
Composition
StyleCartoonishTraditional
MoodLightheartedPlayful
CompositionSimpleStatic
PaletteBrightLimited
Game mechanics
HP
70
Stage
Stage 1 · evolves from Sandshrew
Weakness
Grass ×2
Resistance
Lightning -30
Retreat
Slash
20
Fury Swipes
20×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
Authorship
More from Ken Sugimori
The painter behind this plate — selected works from their canon.
The set
Fossil, in order
Walk the original print run — sequenced by plate number, painted as a series.
The subject
Most beautiful Sandslash
The Sandslash canon, ranked by Artchu’s editorial composite.
