Lairon 37/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Lairon is Pokédex #305, generation 3 (Hoenn). Lairon is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Aron. In this catalog that name is Aron (#304). The card lists Aggron, Aggron (#306) under evolves to.

Lairon sits at 37/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 37 of 109. Before it is 36 Lairon, and after it is 38 Linoone. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Magnitude lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal. Does 10 damage to each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) One-Two Strike is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Lairon (#305) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lairon 36/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Lairon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lairon 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.