Aerodactyl 15/100 · Majestic Dawn

Majestic Dawn is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2008. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Aerodactyl is 15/100, in position 15 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 14 Zapdos, and after it is 16 Bronzong. The listed rarity is Rare.

Aerodactyl is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 44. In the Pokédex this is Aerodactyl (#142), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Old Amber.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Aerodactyl (#142) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Aerodactyl 1/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Aerodactyl list a different HP.

Primal Claw is listed as Poké-Body. After your opponent's Pokémon uses a Poké-Power, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. The attack Supersonic lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Lightning +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon that roamed the skies in the dinosaur era. Its teeth are like saw blades."

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