Sandshrew (Genetic Apex 137)

Sandshrew

サンド

Sand

Illus. Miki Tanaka

Type	Fighting
HP	70
Evolution stage	Basic
Species	Sandshrew

weakness
+20

retreat cost

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Expansions

Card no.	Pack(s)	Rarity	Pack pts.
Genetic Apex
137/226	Any		35

Sandshrew (Japanese: サンド Sand) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon card in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. It is part of the Genetic Apex expansion.

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• Card text
  • Pokédex data
• Trivia
  • Origin

Contents

Card text

Scratch

ひっかく

10

Pokédex data

Sandshrew - Mouse Pokémon

No.

0027

Height

2' (0.6 m)

Weight

26.5 lbs. (12.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

It loves to bathe in the grit of dry, sandy areas. By sand bathing, the Pokémon rids itself of dirt and moisture clinging to its body.

乾燥した　砂地で　砂浴びを するのが　好き｡　体に　ついた 汚れと　水気を　落とすのだ｡

Trivia

Miki Tanaka illustrated both a Sandshrew card and a Sandslash card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game; though the cards did not originally release together in the TCG, their illustrations were later included alongside each other in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's Genetic Apex expansion.

Origin

• This card's illustration was first featured on Sandshrew from Expansion Sheet 2, which was only released in Japan.
• Scratch is a move in the Pokémon games that Sandshrew can learn.
• This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Sword.

This article is part of both Project Sidegames and Project TCG, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on video games about the TCG.