Porygon-Z 144/182 · Paradox Rift

Porygon-Z is Pokédex #474, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Porygon-Z is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Porygon2. In this catalog that name is Porygon2 (#233).

Porygon-Z sits at 144/182 in Paradox Rift, position 144 of 266. Before it is 143 Porygon2, and after it is 145 Aipom. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 3, 2023. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 266 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Buggy Turbo is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may flip a coin. If heads, attach up to 4 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. If tails, discard an Energy from this Pokémon. The attack Energized Attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Colorless. This attack does 40 damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Some say an additional program made this Pokémon evolve, but even academics can't agree on whether Porygon-Z is really an evolution." The regulation mark is G.

Porygon-Z (#474) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Porygon-Z DP35/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and hatachu illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Porygon-Z list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads hatachu. I count 31 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Paradox Rift set binder is where a full Paradox Rift set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon-Z can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.