Porygon2 HGSS23/25 · HGSS Black Star Promos

HGSS Black Star Promos is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. Porygon2 is HGSS23/25, in position 23 of 25 on this checklist. Before it is HGSS22 Porygon, and after it is HGSS24 Hitmonchan. The listed rarity is Promo.

Porygon2 is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Porygon2 (#233), generation 2 (Johto). 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.

TOKIYA illustrated this card. The same name is on 93 other cards in the catalog.

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 Promo. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and TOKIYA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 11 other cards of Porygon2 list a different HP.

Shortcut is listed as Poké-Body. The Retreat Cost for each Porygon, Porygon2, and Porygon-Z you have in play is Colorless less. The attack Reckless Charge lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Porygon2 does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This upgraded version of Porygon is designed for space exploration. It can't fly, though."

I keep a set binder for HGSS Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HGSS Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon2 can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.