Onix 61/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Onix is 61/116, in position 61 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 60 Primeape, and after it is 62 Makuhita. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Onix is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Onix (#095), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Steelix, Steelix (#208) under evolves to.

Toyste Beach illustrated this card. The same name is on 284 other cards in the catalog.

Onix (#095) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Onix 56/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Toyste Beach illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Onix list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Swing Around is another attack lists 60× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 60 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Opening its large mouth, it ingests massive amounts of soil and creates long tunnels."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Freeze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Freeze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Onix can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.