Brock's Sandslash

Brock's Sandslash is card 23 of 132 in Gym Heroes, released in August 2000, a Rare. It is a Stage 1 Fighting-type with 60 HP.

As a Stage 1, it evolves from Brock's Sandshrew, which places Brock's Sandslash deeper in its line and means most collectors hold it alongside the cards it evolves from.

Brock is the Rock-type Gym Leader of Pewter City and Ash's longtime traveling companion. Brock's Sandslash is part of that themed lineup.

Illustrated by Ken Sugimori. Sugimori is the lead character designer of Pokémon itself, so his card art carries the tight, on-model look that defined how the creatures appear in the games.

The fully evolved Sandshrew. Spiky brown plates, large claws. Fossil Rare Sandslash has steady demand among Ground-type collectors.

Brock's Sandslash is a non-holo Rare. In Gym Heroes, value concentrates in the holo rares, so a Brock's Sandslash trades modestly, though a clean, well-centered 1st Edition copy in PSA 10 is scarcer than the print run suggests and carries a real premium. Check the live price above for the figure by grade.

Gym Heroes shipped in 1st Edition and Unlimited, with no Shadowless print. The trainer-prefix naming runs across the set, and the 1st Edition Brock's Sandslash carries the Edition 1 stamp and a premium over Unlimited in matching grade.

Brock's Sandslash grades on centering and edges more than surface. The card was played and traded more freely than the holos, so a clean, well-centered Brock's Sandslash is worth more than collectors assume.

For Brock's Sandslash, check centering by eye, edge whitening on all four sides, and surface under angled light. Non-holo Rares from this era are cheap enough that a PSA 10 submission on a clean Brock's Sandslash can make sense.