Haxorus BW57/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Haxorus is Pokédex #612, generation 5 (Unova). Haxorus is a Stage 2 Dragon Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Fraxure. In this catalog that name is Fraxure (#611).

Haxorus sits at BW57/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 57 of 101. Before it is BW56 Empoleon, and after it is BW58 Black Kyurem. 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 Armor Press lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Dual Chop is another attack lists 90× damage. The cost is Fighting, Metal, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 90 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Dragon ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Their sturdy tusks will stay sharp even if used to cut steel beams. These Pokémon are covered in hard armor."

Haxorus (#612) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Haxorus 88/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and kawayoo illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 6 other cards of Haxorus list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kawayoo. I count 209 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. Haxorus can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.