Onix 36/78 · Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. Onix is 36/78, in position 36 of 88 on this checklist. Before it is 35 Sylveon, and after it is 37 Larvitar. The listed rarity is Common.

Onix is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Onix (#095), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Steelix, Steelix (#208) under evolves to.

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Onix (#095) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Onix 56/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 25 other cards of Onix list a different HP.

The attack Rock Tomb lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat. Raging Swing is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "As it digs through the ground, it absorbs many hard objects. This is what makes its body so solid." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Pokémon GO, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Pokémon GO set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Onix can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.