Rhydon 61/146 · XY

XY is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Rhydon is 61/146, in position 61 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 60 Rhyhorn, and after it is 62 Rhyperior. The listed rarity is Rare.

Rhydon is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rhydon (#112), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Rhyhorn. In this catalog that name is Rhyhorn (#111). The card lists Rhyperior, Rhyperior (#464) under evolves to.

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Rhydon (#112) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Rhydon 45/64 in Jungle (1999). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Rhydon list a different HP.

The attack Horn Drill lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Mad Mountain is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, discard the top card of your opponent's deck for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Protected by an armor-like hide, it is capable of living in molten lava of 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit."

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