Beldum 83/145 · 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. Beldum is 83/145, in position 87 of 180 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Pangoro, and after it is 84 Metang. The listed rarity is Common.

Beldum is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beldum (#374), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Metang, Metang (#375) under evolves to.

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Beldum (#374) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Beldum 22/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 17 other cards of Beldum list a different HP.

The attack Core Beam lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal. Discard a Metal Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its cells are all magnets. It uses magnetism to communicate with others of its kind."

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. Beldum can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.