Bagon 52/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Bagon is 52/99, in position 52 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Wormadam Trash Cloak, and after it is 53 Beedrill G. The listed rarity is Common.

Bagon is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 18. In the Pokédex this is Bagon (#371), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Shelgon, Shelgon (#372) under evolves to.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Bagon (#371) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Bagon 23/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Bagon list a different HP.

The attack Smash Kick lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Super Singe is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Colorless +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Dreaming of one day flying, it practices by leaping off cliffs every day."

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Bagon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.