Curatorial Commentary
The card shows Shellder, a bivalve Pokémon, depicted underwater. It has a purple shell with a black face and a red tongue sticking out. Bubbles surround it, indicating the aquatic environment.
Essay · Fossil
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Catalogue plate
№ 54/62
Composition
StyleCartoonishClassic
MoodLightheartedPlayful
CompositionFocusedSimple
PaletteLimitedVibrant
Game mechanics
HP
30
Stage
Basic
Weakness
Lightning ×2
Retreat
Supersonic
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Hide in Shell
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Shellder during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)
Authorship
More from Mitsuhiro Arita
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 Shellder
The Shellder canon, ranked by Artchu’s editorial composite.
