Luxio 45/99 · Next Destinies

Luxio is Pokédex #404, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Luxio is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Shinx. In this catalog that name is Shinx (#403). The card lists Luxray, Luxray (#405) under evolves to.

Luxio sits at 45/99 in Next Destinies, position 45 of 103. Before it is 44 Luxio, and after it is 46 Luxray. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 8, 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Quick Turn lists 20× damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Bite is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "Strong electricity courses through the tips of its sharp claws. A light scratch causes fainting in foes."

Luxio (#404) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Luxio 52/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Luxio list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Next Destinies set binder is where a full Next Destinies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Luxio can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.