Aron 87/159 · Crown Zenith

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 87/159 in Crown Zenith, position 87 of 160. Before it is 86 Scizor, and after it is 88 Lairon. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on January 20, 2023. The printed size is 159. This checklist is longer, at 160 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Ram lists 10 damage. The cost is Metal. Slight Intrusion is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. 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 F.

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 2024. 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 sowsow 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 sowsow. I count 104 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Crown Zenith set binder is where a full Crown Zenith 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.