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Shaymin
Platinum 38/127 • rare
- Set
- Platinum
- Number
- 38/127
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2009
- Energy type
- grass energy
- Market price
- $6.24
- Artist
- Kouki Saitou
What it does
Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Shaymin.
Remove 2 damage counters from each of your Pokémon.
It lives in flower patches and avoids detection by curling up to look like a flowering plant.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
Released in early 2009 as part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game's Platinum expansion, this Shaymin card was introduced during a period when the game was heavily integrating the fourth generation of Pokémon introduced in the Sinnoh region. The Platinum set specifically drew aesthetic and thematic inspiration from the Pokémon Platinum video game, focusing on the distorted world and the legendary Pokémon that inhabited it. This card serves as a standard rare representation of the Gratitude Pokémon, providing players with an accessible, non-holo version of the character intended for competitive play during the Diamond & Pearl era.
The card’s artwork follows the clean, illustrative style common to the mid-2000s TCG era, emphasizing Shaymin's Land Forme. As a grass-type card, it reflects the character's primary typing in the franchise's elemental system. Within the context of the Platinum set, the card was part of a broader effort by the Pokémon Company to maintain momentum following the success of the Diamond and Pearl games. While it did not possess the high-value rarity of the set's Secret Rares or Level X cards, it remains a nostalgic inclusion for collectors focused on completing the foundational Platinum expansion.
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