Kangaskhan SWSH038/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

SWSH Black Star Promos is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 15, 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. Kangaskhan is SWSH038/307, in position 38 of 304 on this checklist. Before it is SWSH037 Hydreigon, and after it is SWSH039 Pikachu. The listed rarity is Promo.

Kangaskhan is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Kangaskhan (#115), generation 1 (Kanto).

HYOGONOSUKE illustrated this card. The same name is on 76 other cards in the catalog.

Kangaskhan (#115) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Kangaskhan 5/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and HYOGONOSUKE illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Kangaskhan list a different HP.

The attack Rally Back lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out by damage from an attack from your opponent's Pokémon during their last turn, this attack does 90 more damage. Hammer In is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "You shouldn't get close to the child when it's playing outside its mother's pouch. Its mother is always nearby watching over it." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for SWSH Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SWSH Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Kangaskhan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.