Bronzong 33/99 · Arceus

Bronzong is Pokédex #437, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Bronzong is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 45. The card says it evolves from Bronzor. In this catalog that name is Bronzor (#436).

Bronzong sits at 33/99 in Arceus, position 33 of 111. Before it is 32 Spiritomb, and after it is 34 Bronzor. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Wide Laser lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Hyper Beam is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It brought rains by opening portals to another world. It was revered as a bringer of plentiful harvests."

Bronzong (#437) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bronzong 6/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Daisuke Ito illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Bronzong list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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