Rhyperior LV.X DP29/56 · DP Black Star Promos

DP Black Star Promos is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 56, and the checklist is the same length. Rhyperior LV.X is DP29/56, in position 29 of 56 on this checklist. Before it is DP28 Mewtwo LV.X, and after it is DP30 Regigigas LV.X. The listed rarity is Promo.

Rhyperior LV.X is a Level-Up Fighting Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists level X. In the Pokédex this is Rhyperior (#464), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Rhyperior. In this catalog that name is Rhyperior (#464).

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

Rhyperior (#464) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Rhyperior 12/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card is named Rhyperior, while this one is Rhyperior LV.X. That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Rhyperior list a different HP.

The attack Hard Crush lists 50× damage. Discard the top 5 cards from your deck. This attack does 50 damage for each Energy card you discarded. Upthrow is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Search your discard pile for all Fighting Energy cards, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them into your deck. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Put this card onto your Active Rhyperior. Rhyperior LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level.

I keep a set binder for DP Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the DP Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rhyperior can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.