Sceptile

Sceptile in the games: Hoenn's Grass starter, fully evolved

Sceptile is the last stage of the Treecko line: Treecko evolves into Grovyle at level 16, and Grovyle becomes Sceptile at level 36. All three stages are pure Grass type. Its standard ability, Overgrow, powers up its Grass-type moves when its HP runs low, and its hidden ability, Unburden, doubles its Speed once its held item is used up or lost.

Mega Sceptile arrived with Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Hoenn remakes, and is the only way Sceptile gains a second type: the Mega form is Grass and Dragon.

Sceptile in the anime: Ash's Grovyle and Sawyer's Mega

Ash's Grovyle evolved into Sceptile in "Odd Pokémon Out," while trying to save a Meganium it was smitten with. In the Kalos series, Sawyer turned out to have a Sceptile too: "A Meeting of Two Journeys!" revealed his Grovyle had evolved, and "Valuable Experience for All!" showed it could Mega Evolve. Tyson also used a Sceptile at the Ever Grande Conference, where it and Ash's Glalie knocked each other out.

Sceptile on cards: Ruby & Sapphire to Mega Sceptile EX and Sceptile GX

Sceptile debuted in Ruby & Sapphire (2003) with two cards: a holo at #11 illustrated by Midori Harada and a non-holo Rare at #20. Team Magma vs Team Aqua added Sceptile ex in 2004, and Crystal Guardians followed in 2006 with Sceptile ex δ, a Delta Species card. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated the Emerald holo, and Atsuko Nishida drew the POP Series 4 card.

Ancient Origins (2015) gave Sceptile its Mega treatment: Sceptile EX and M Sceptile EX, each also printed as a full art Ultra Rare. Lost Thunder (2018) printed Sceptile GX three ways, as the regular card, a full art at #196 and a Secret Rare at #216 numbered above the 214-card set. Yoshinobu Saito illustrated all three of those GX cards.

Cards to know

• Sceptile (Ruby & Sapphire #11)

  The holo from Sceptile's debut set, illustrated by Midori Harada.

• Sceptile ex (Team Magma vs Team Aqua #93)

  Sceptile's first ex card, from the 2004 set built around Hoenn's two villainous teams.

• Sceptile ex δ (Crystal Guardians #96)

  A Delta Species ex, marked with the δ symbol and illustrated by Shizurow.

• M Sceptile EX (Ancient Origins #85)

  The full art Ultra Rare version of Mega Sceptile, illustrated by 5ban Graphics.

• Sceptile GX (Lost Thunder #216)

  A Secret Rare Sceptile GX numbered above Lost Thunder's 214-card set.