Sneasel 110/147 Pokémon E-Series Aquapolis Raw

Pokémon: Sneasel

Series: E-Card Series

Set: Aquapolis

Card Number: 110

Rarity: Common

Condition: N/A

Grade: Raw

Year: 2003

Illustrator: Midori Harada

Type: N/A

The Sneasel 110/147 is a Common Darkness-type Basic Pokémon card from the Aquapolis expansion of the E-Card Series, released on January 15, 2003 by Wizards of the Coast and illustrated by Midori Harada, a Japanese artist whose sharp, angular linework and cool-toned color palettes brought a sense of predatory agility to one of the franchise's most cunning Ice/Darkness Pokémon. As a 60 HP Pokémon with a Weakness to Fighting-type attacks (×2), a Psychic-type Resistance of −30, and a Retreat Cost of one Colorless Energy, it occupies a deceptively simple but strategically valuable position within the 147-card base checklist. The Aquapolis set was the second and largest main expansion of the E-Card Series, featuring 186 total cards (147 base + 32 H-numbered holographics + 3 Crystal secret rares + 4 alternates) and introducing the Crystal Pokémon mechanic—a type-shifting Poké-Body that changed a card's type based on attached Energy—making it the most ambitious and mechanically complex set in the short-lived e-Reader platform's history.

In terms of decks and strategy, Sneasel's two attacks make it one of the most tactically interesting Common Darkness Pokémon in the entire E-Card era. Rob costs a single Darkness Energy and allows the player to look at the opponent's hand, then choose all Technical Machine and Pokémon Tool cards there and put them into their deck, forcing a shuffle afterward. This hand-reading and disruption effect made it a devastating tech card in 2003-era competitive formats, as it could neutralize an opponent's entire setup of attached Tools and TMs in a single use, derailing strategies that relied on attached items for their win condition. Claw costs two Colorless Energy, deals 30 damage, but requires a coin flip: if tails, the attack does nothing at all. This risk-reward design created a fascinating strategic tension—players had to weigh the 50% chance of dealing no damage against the reliable 30-damage output on a heads—making Sneasel a disciplined, calculated attacker rather than a consistent damage dealer. In modern Unlimited and Expanded formats, it finds utility in Darkness-focused and disruption-heavy strategies as a cheap, fast body that can read the opponent's hand and strip away attached resources, and its Psychic Resistance of −30 makes it a natural anchor in decks that punish Espeon-heavy and Psychic-type strategies.

Collectors love the Aquapolis Sneasel for its unique position as Sneasel's first English-language E-Card printing, a milestone that gives it special significance for collectors tracking the species' representation across the franchise's expansion history. Midori Harada's illustration—depicting Sneasel in a crouching, predatory pose with its sharp claws extended forward and its small, calculating eyes locked on an unseen target against a cold, aquatic backdrop—captures the raw, sly cunning of the species in a style that stands out among the more conventional artwork of the set's other Common Pokémon. The E-Card format's distinctive Dot Code strip along the bottom edge, designed for scanning with the discontinued Pokémon-e Reader device on a Game Boy Advance, gives the card a genuinely unique physical structure that no other Pokémon TCG printing shares, and the digital layer it was designed for—animated card views, bonus Pokédex lore, and exclusive in-game mini-games—has since been lost to time, making these cards the sole surviving artifacts of a short-lived but innovative digital platform. As a Common from the largest Pokémon TCG set ever printed, it remains a key single for E-Card set completionists and nostalgic players who remember swiping cards across the e-Reader for bonus content during the early 2000s.

Product Details

Card Number / Rarity:110/147 / Common

Card Type / HP / Stage:Darkness / 60 / Basic

Attack 1:[D] Rob
Look at your opponent's hand. Choose all Technical Machine and Pokémon Tool cards there and put them into his or her deck. Your opponent shuffles the deck afterward.

Attack 2:[2] Claw (30)
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness / Resistance / Retreat Cost:F / P-30 / 1

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