Lairon 58/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Lairon is 58/101, in position 58 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Aron, and after it is 59 Aggron. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Lairon is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lairon (#305), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Aron. In this catalog that name is Aron (#304). The card lists Aggron, Aggron (#306) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Lairon (#305) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lairon 36/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 17 other cards of Lairon list a different HP.

The attack Metal Claw lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal. Iron Head is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Lairon fight over territory, and when their steel bodies collide, sparks fly."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lairon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.