Aggron VMAX 97/172 · Brilliant Stars

Aggron is Pokédex #306, generation 3 (Hoenn). Aggron VMAX is a VMAX Metal Pokémon with 330 HP. The card says it evolves from Aggron V. In this catalog that name is Aggron (#306).

Aggron VMAX sits at 97/172 in Brilliant Stars, position 97 of 186. Before it is 96 Aggron V, and after it is 98 Wormadam. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

The attack Cracking Stomp lists 150 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top card of your opponent's deck. Max Take Down is another attack lists 270 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

Aggron (#306) has 23 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 Aggron 1/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Aggron, while this one is Aggron VMAX. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 330 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Aggron list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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