Vikavolt-GX 45/145 · Guardians Rising

Guardians Rising is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. Vikavolt-GX is 45/145, in position 47 of 180 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Heliolisk, and after it is 46 Oricorio. The listed rarity is Rare Holo GX.

Vikavolt-GX is a Stage 2 GX Lightning Pokémon with 240 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vikavolt (#738), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Charjabug. In this catalog that name is Charjabug (#737).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Vikavolt (#738) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vikavolt 52/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). That card is named Vikavolt, while this one is Vikavolt-GX. That card lists 150 HP, and this one lists 240 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo GX. Hitoshi Ariga illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 13 other cards of Vikavolt list a different HP.

The attack Charge Beam lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning. Attach an Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Super Zap Cannon is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Gigatron-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 60 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Guardians Rising, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Guardians Rising set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vikavolt can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.