Lairon 184/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Lairon is Pokédex #305, generation 3 (Hoenn). Lairon is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Aron. In this catalog that name is Aron (#304). The card lists Aggron, Aggron (#306) under evolves to.

Lairon sits at 184/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 184 of 226. Before it is 183 Timburr, and after it is 185 Applin. 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 collector number is above the printed set size of 167. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Steel Tackle lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal. This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself. Metal Claw is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Lairon live in mountains brimming with spring water and iron ore, so these Pokémon often came into conflict with humans in the past." The regulation mark is H.

Lairon (#305) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Lairon 36/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Dsuke illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 21 other cards of Lairon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Dsuke. I count 13 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. Lairon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.