Aron 57/111 · Rising Rivals

Aron is Pokédex #304, generation 3 (Hoenn). Aron is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 21. The card lists Lairon, Lairon (#305) under evolves to.

Aron sits at 57/111 in Rising Rivals, position 57 of 120. Before it is 56 Ambipom G, and after it is 58 Carvanha. 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 Common.

The attack Iron Head lists 10× damage. The cost is Metal. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Ram is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire +10. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It usually lives deep in mountains. However, hunger may drive it to eat railroad tracks and cars."

Aron (#304) 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 Aron 25/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Takao Unno illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Aron list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Takao Unno. I count 11 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. Aron can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.