Grovyle

Grovyle in the anime and Mystery Dungeon

Ash's own Treecko evolved into a Grovyle in the episode Exploud and Clear, later evolving further into a Sceptile in Odd Pokémon Out. Sawyer's Treecko similarly evolved into a Grovyle during a battle against Ash and his Frogadier in Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!, before being revealed to have evolved into a Sceptile ahead of A Meeting of Two Journeys!. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, a Grovyle steals one of the Time Gears at the start of the story, and he has a much larger role in Explorers of Sky.

Grovyle on cards

Grovyle debuted in Ruby & Sapphire with two separate printings, one by Midori Harada and one by Ken Sugimori. Crystal Guardians later added a delta species Grovyle illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda alongside a regular printing by Hisao Nakamura, and the line has continued through sets like Celestial Storm and Lost Thunder.

Cards to know

• Grovyle (Ruby & Sapphire #31)

  Grovyle's first card, a 2003 Ruby & Sapphire Uncommon illustrated by Midori Harada.

• Grovyle δ (Crystal Guardians #19)

  A delta species Grovyle from Crystal Guardians illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.

• Grovyle (Lost Thunder #21)

  A Lost Thunder printing illustrated by Ayaka Yoshida.