Xatu 11/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Xatu is 11/95, in position 11 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 10 Torterra, and after it is 12 Beedrill. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Xatu is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Xatu (#178), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Natu. In this catalog that name is Natu (#177).

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

Xatu (#178) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Xatu 52/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Xatu list a different HP.

The attack Psywave lists 20× damage. The cost is Psychic. Does 20 damage times the amount of Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Confuse Ray is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "In South America, it is said that its right eye sees the future and its left eye views the past."

I keep a set binder for HS—Unleashed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Unleashed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Xatu can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.