# Shellder #54/62 — Fossil

## Summary

Shellder is a bulk common from the Wizards era, a filler pull that never competed for attention with the Fossil set's bigger names. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated many of the original cards, which gives even a throwaway Gen I Water type a modest draw for completionists. The modelled guide sits at $0.42, down 13% over 30 days on 129 copies traded, with 525 days of inventory on the board; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, with original packs long past any pull-rate math.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Fossil |
| Number | 54/62 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 1999-10-10 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 30 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Supersonic | cost Water — Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. |
| Attack: Hide in Shell | cost 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.) |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Shellder #090](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/shellder) |
| Finishes | Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.42** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-09
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: -4.50% — as of 2026-11-09
- Floor delivered ask: $1.49 — as of 2026-11-04T11:20:42.176Z
- Quant score: 52/100, regime FALLING — as of 2026-11-09T22:37:21.807Z — 6 of 11 inputs · 66% weight · -17% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 1999-10-10T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-05T00:04:16.271Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-05T00:04:16.274Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-04T14:02:29.793Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-05T00:04:16.271Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-11T01:57:20.043Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/fossil/shellder-54)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase3-54%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)