Flygon 25/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos

Nintendo Black Star Promos is a set in the NP series. It was released on October 1, 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. Flygon is 25/40, in position 25 of 40 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Chimecho, and after it is 26 Tropical Wind. The listed rarity is Promo.

Flygon is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flygon (#330), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Vibrava. In this catalog that name is Vibrava (#329).

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

Flygon (#330) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flygon 4/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Flygon list a different HP.

The attack Sand Pit lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn. Dragonbreath is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Grass, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Colorless ×2. Resistance is Lightning -30. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Nintendo Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flygon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.