Shinx SH12/99 · Arceus

Shinx is Pokédex #403, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Shinx is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 11. The card lists Luxio, Luxio (#404) under evolves to.

Shinx sits at SH12/99 in Arceus, position 111 of 111. The card before it is SH11 Ponyta. 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 Rare.

Star Barrier is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Shinx has any Energy attached to it, Shinx has no Weakness. The attack Payback lists 10+ damage. The cost is Lightning. If your opponent has only 1 Prize card left, this attack does 10 damage plus 30 more damage. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The extension and contraction of its muscles generates electricity. It glows when in trouble."

Shinx (#403) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Shinx 98/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Shinx list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 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. Shinx can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.