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Kabuto

Sandstorm 39/100 • uncommon

Set: Sandstorm
Number: 39/100
Rarity: Uncommon
Released: 2003
Energy type: water energy
Market price: $4.63
Artist: Atsuko Nishida

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Market

What it's worth

$4.63market price via TCGplayer · Nov 6, 2026$3.46 – $4.63 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a water-type card from the Sandstorm set, this uncommon Kabuto represents a classic piece of card game history. Collectors prize such items for their role in defining early play environments, where the tactical utility of this species often shaped how players balanced their decks.

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Card face

What it does

60 HPStage 1

Poké-BodyExoskeleton

Any damage done to Kabuto by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Cost: colorless energyTeam Assembly

Search your deck for Omanyte, Kabuto, or any Basic Pokémon and put as many of them as you like onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Treat the new Benched Pokémon as Basic Pokémon.

Cost: fighting energy colorless energyPierce20

Weaknessgrass energy×2Retreatcolorless energy colorless energy

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
ExpandedNot legal
UnlimitedLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Released in September 2003 as part of the EX Sandstorm expansion, this Kabuto card represents the debut of the EX-era card design within the English Pokémon Trading Card Game. The set drew heavily from the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire video games, shifting the aesthetic focus toward the Hoenn region's environments and the mechanics introduced in the third generation of the franchise.

The card features artwork by Midori Harada, a prolific illustrator for the series known for her soft, painterly approach to creature design. Her work on this card emphasizes the ancient, fossilized nature of the Pokémon, utilizing the established visual language of the era's common and uncommon cards to ground the specimen within the game's evolving competitive landscape.

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Other printings

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About

About Kabuto

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