Genesect-EX 97/101 · Plasma Blast

Genesect is Pokédex #649, generation 5 (Unova). Genesect-EX is a Basic EX Team Plasma Grass Pokémon with 170 HP.

Genesect-EX sits at 97/101 in Plasma Blast, position 97 of 105. Before it is 96 Virizion-EX, and after it is 98 Jirachi-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Red Signal is listed as Ability. When you attach a Plasma Energy from your hand to this Pokémon, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with his or her Active Pokémon. The attack Megalo Cannon lists 100 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness or Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Genesect (#649) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Genesect BW86/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card is named Genesect, while this one is Genesect-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 23 other cards of Genesect list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Blast set binder is where a full Plasma Blast set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Genesect can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.