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Shellder

Shellder

Pokémon

Basic — Water

Supersonic (Water)

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

Hide in Shell (Water)

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Shellder during your opponent's next turn. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.)

HP 30

Weakness Lightning ×2

Retreat 1

Its hard shell repels any kind of attack. It is vulnerable only when its shell is open.

Format legality

Legality follows the dated TCGdex catalog snapshot.

For draft and prerelease, check the event’s release and rules. Missing statuses stay unavailable.

Official Pokémon rules
FormatStatus
StandardNot legal
ExpandedNot legal

For draft and prerelease, check the event’s release and rules.

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Fossil

#54 · EN · Common

Released 1999-10-10

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Printings 12

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Card data: TCGdex. Pokémon and card artwork © Nintendo, Creatures and GAME FREAK, published by The Pokémon Company. Artist credit follows the printing.

Catalog snapshot: 2026-09-16T22:45:22.000Z

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Shellder