AbilityFlashing Head
Prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that have any Special Energy attached to them.
Xurkitree-GX SM68/248 · SM Black Star Promos
Xurkitree is Pokédex #796, generation 7 (Alola). Xurkitree-GX is a Basic GX Ultra Beast Lightning Pokémon with 180 HP.
Xurkitree-GX sits at SM68/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 69 of 251. Before it is SM67 Celesteela-GX, and after it is SM69 Buzzwole-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.
Flashing Head is listed as Ability. Prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that have any Special Energy attached to them. The attack Rumbling Wires lists 100 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Discard the top card of your opponent's deck. Lighting-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Your opponent reveals their hand. Add a card you find there to their Prize cards face down. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Xurkitree (#796) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2019. The earliest other card is Xurkitree SM116/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Xurkitree, while this one is Xurkitree-GX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. TOKIYA illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 4 other cards of Xurkitree list a different HP.
The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.
SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Xurkitree can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Ultra Beasts. I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- SM68/248
- Series
- Sun & Moon
- Released
- February 3, 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic, GX, Ultra Beast
- HP
- 180
- Type
- Lightning
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex
- Xurkitree (#796)
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Resistance
- Metal -20
- Retreat
- 2
Attacks and card text
AttackRumbling Wires
Discard the top card of your opponent's deck.
AttackLighting-GX
Your opponent reveals their hand. Add a card you find there to their Prize cards face down. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Card text
Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
What set does Xurkitree-GX belong to?
SM Black Star Promos, in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248.
Which number is printed on this card?
SM68/248. It is entry 69 of 251 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
5ban Graphics. The catalog lists 1,629 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Promo.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Xurkitree #796, generation 7 (Alola).
Which attacks are printed?
Rumbling Wires (100) and Lighting-GX.