Lairon 44/111 · Rising Rivals

Lairon is Pokédex #305, generation 3 (Hoenn). Lairon is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 37. The card says it evolves from Aron. In this catalog that name is Aron (#304). The card lists Aggron, Aggron (#306) under evolves to.

Lairon sits at 44/111 in Rising Rivals, position 44 of 120. Before it is 43 Infernape E4, and after it is 45 Leafeon. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Heavy Metal lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin for each Metal Energy attached to Lairon. This attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads. Granite Head is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Lairon by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "For food, it digs up iron ore. It smashes its steely body against others to fight over territory."

Lairon (#305) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lairon 36/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Lairon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukiko Baba. I count 151 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. Lairon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.