Aron 120/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Aron is Pokédex #304, generation 3 (Hoenn). Aron is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Lairon, Lairon (#305) under evolves to.

Aron sits at 120/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 120 of 226. Before it is 119 Skarmory, and after it is 121 Lairon. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Double-Edge lists 20 damage. The cost is Metal. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It eats iron ore—and sometimes railroad tracks— to build up the steel armor that protects its body." The regulation mark is H.

Aron (#304) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Aron 25/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Gapao illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Aron list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Gapao. I count 10 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aron can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.