Bastiodon GL 2/111 · Rising Rivals

Bastiodon is Pokédex #411, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Bastiodon GL is a Basic SP Metal Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 41.

Bastiodon GL sits at 2/111 in Rising Rivals, position 2 of 120. Before it is 1 Arcanine, and after it is 3 Darkrai G. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Bounce Back lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Smack Attack is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Remove 1 damage counter from Bastiodon GL. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3.

Bastiodon (#411) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bastiodon 21/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card is named Bastiodon, while this one is Bastiodon GL. That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Kazuyuki Kano illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Bastiodon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Bastiodon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.