Aggron 1/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Ruby & Sapphire is a set in the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. Aggron is 1/109, in position 1 of 109 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Beautifly. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Aggron is a Stage 2 Metal Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Aggron (#306), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Lairon. In this catalog that name is Lairon (#305).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Aggron (#306) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Aggron ex 95/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card is named Aggron ex, while this one is Aggron. That card lists 150 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo EX, and here it is Rare Holo. Hikaru Koike illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Aggron list a different HP.

The attack Retaliate lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Aggron. Mega Punch is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Double Lariat is another attack lists 70× damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 70 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4.

I keep a set binder for Ruby & Sapphire, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ruby & Sapphire set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aggron can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.