Metagross BW75/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Metagross is Pokédex #376, generation 3 (Hoenn). Metagross is a Stage 2 Team Plasma Psychic Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Metang. In this catalog that name is Metang (#375).

Metagross sits at BW75/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 75 of 101. Before it is BW74 Giratina, and after it is BW76 Electrode. 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.

Plasma Search is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for a Team Plasma card, reveal it, and put it in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. You may not use an Ability with the same name during your turn. The attack Mind Bend lists 60 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "With four linked brains, it's more intelligent than a supercomputer, and it uses calculations to analyze foes."

Metagross (#376) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Metagross 11/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Metagross list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 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. Metagross can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.