151

Sandshrew

MEWFR27· Common
Sandshrew MEW 27

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
60
Type
Fighting
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Number
27/165
Set
151MEWSet guide
Illustrated by
kodama

Its Ability

Sand ScreenÉcran de Sable

Trainer cards in your opponent's discard pile can't be put into their deck by an effect of your opponent's Item or Supporter cards.Les cartes Dresseur dans la pile de défausse de votre adversaire ne peuvent pas être placées dans son deck par les effets des cartes Objet ou Supporter de votre adversaire.

Its attacks

ScratchGriffe

30

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Sand Screen. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

151 landed here on 22 September 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 June 2023, under the code SV2a. That is 98 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 24 Sandshrew cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Sandshrew card and its price