Registeel ex 99/101 · Hidden Legends

Registeel is Pokédex #379, generation 3 (Hoenn). Registeel ex is a Basic ex Metal Pokémon with 90 HP.

Registeel ex sits at 99/101 in Hidden Legends, position 99 of 102. Before it is 98 Regirock ex, and after it is 100 Vileplume ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on June 1, 2004. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Exoskeleton is listed as Poké-Body. Any damage done to Registeel ex by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Steel Wave lists 50 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless. Does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon of the same type as the Defending Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Registeel (#379) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2005 to 2026. The earliest other card is Registeel ex 100/106 in Emerald (2005). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo EX. Hikaru Koike illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Registeel list a different HP.

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

Hidden Legends set binder is where a full Hidden Legends set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Registeel 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.