Grotle (Diamond & Pearl 49)

Grotle LV.21 ハヤシガメ Hayashigame

DP-P Promo print Illus. Masakazu Fukuda

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Turtwig Card name Grotle Type Grass HP 90 weakness +20 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion Diamond & Pearl Rarity English card no. 49/130 Japanese expansion Space-Time Creation Japanese rarity Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack Japanese Half Deck Torterra Half Deck Japanese expansion DP-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 034/DP-P Japanese expansion DP-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 052/DP-P Expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Grotle.

Grotle (Japanese: ハヤシガメ Hayashigame) is a Grass-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Diamond & Pearl expansion.

Card text

Synthesis こうごうせい

Search your deck for a Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Cut いあいぎり 50

Pokédex data

Grass Grass Grotle - Grove Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
388	3'07" (1.1 m)	213.8 lbs. (97.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It lives along water in forests. In the daytime, it leaves the forest to sunbathe its treed shell.
もりの なかの みずべで くらす。ひるまは もりの そとに でて こうらの きに ひかりを あてる。

Release information

This card was included in the Diamond & Pearl expansion with artwork by Ken Sugimori, first released in the Space-Time Creation expansion in Japan. It was also included in the Torterra Half Deck of the Japanese Entry Pack. In Japan, a Holofoil promotional version of this print was released as part of the DP Card Exchange campaign in July 2007. This card was reprinted again in Japan as one of the DP-P Promotional cards with different artwork by Masakazu Fukuda as part of a Meiji Chocolate campaign in July 2007. A promotional Reverse Holofoil variant of the Diamond & Pearl print with a stamp of the expansion logo was later released as part of a Burger King promotion in July 2008.

Gallery

Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	DP-P Promo print Illus. Masakazu Fukuda	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Synthesis and Cut are both moves in the Pokémon games that Grotle can learn; the latter via HM01. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Diamond.

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