Aron 56/102 · HS—Triumphant

Aron is Pokédex #304, generation 3 (Hoenn). Aron is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Lairon, Lairon (#305) under evolves to.

Aron sits at 56/102 in HS—Triumphant, position 56 of 103. Before it is 55 Aipom, and after it is 57 Bellsprout. 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 Common.

The attack Mountain Eater lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard the top card of your deck. Then, remove 2 damage counters from Aron. Confront is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When it evolves, it sheds the steel carapace that covered its whole body and develops a new one."

Aron (#304) has 22 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 Aron 25/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Aron list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 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. Aron can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.