Porygon 73/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on November 3, 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Porygon is 73/102, in position 73 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 72 Ponyta, and after it is 74 Psyduck. The listed rarity is Common.

Porygon is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Porygon (#137), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Porygon2, Porygon2 (#233) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Porygon (#137) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Porygon 39/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Tomoaki Imakuni illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Porygon list a different HP.

The attack Sharpen lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Recover is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to Porygon and remove 4 damage counters from Porygon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A manmade Pokémon that came about as a result of research. It is programmed with only basic motions."

I keep a set binder for HS—Triumphant, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Triumphant set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.