Bronzor 54/99 · 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. Bronzor is 54/99, in position 54 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 53 Beedrill G, and after it is 55 Buneary. The listed rarity is Common.

Bronzor is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 15. In the Pokédex this is Bronzor (#436), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Bronzong, Bronzong (#437) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Bronzor (#436) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bronzor 74/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Bronzor list a different HP.

The attack Hypnosis lists 10 damage. The cost is Metal. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Spinning Attack is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire +10. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "There are researchers who believe this Pokémon reflected like a mirror in the distant past."

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. Bronzor can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.