Porygon2 49/102 · HS—Triumphant

Porygon2 is Pokédex #233, generation 2 (Johto). Porygon2 is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Porygon. In this catalog that name is Porygon (#137). The card lists Porygon-Z, Porygon-Z (#474) under evolves to.

Porygon2 sits at 49/102 in HS—Triumphant, position 49 of 103. Before it is 48 Piloswine, and after it is 50 Tentacruel. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Mapping is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you play Porygon2 from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may search your deck for a Stadium card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. The attack 3-D Attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Further research enhanced its abilities. Sometimes, it may exhibit motions that were not programmed."

Porygon2 (#233) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Porygon2 12/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 11 other cards of Porygon2 list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Triumphant set binder is where a full HS—Triumphant set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon2 can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.