Riolu BW33/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Riolu is Pokédex #447, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Riolu is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Lucario, Lucario (#448) under evolves to.

Riolu sits at BW33/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 33 of 101. Before it is BW32 Victini, and after it is BW34 Luxio. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on March 1, 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Run Around lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Hook is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves."

Riolu (#447) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Riolu 61/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Riolu list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BW Black Star Promos set binder is where a full BW Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Riolu can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.