Xerneas 96/146 · 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. Xerneas is 96/146, in position 96 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 95 Slurpuff, and after it is 97 Xerneas-EX. The listed rarity is Rare.

Xerneas is a Basic Fairy Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Xerneas (#716), generation 6 (Kalos).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Xerneas (#716) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Xerneas XY05/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). Both list 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. 14 other cards of Xerneas list a different HP.

The attack Geomancy lists no damage number. The cost is Fairy. Choose 2 of your Benched Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a Fairy Energy card and attach it to that Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Rainbow Spear is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fairy, Fairy, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Darkness -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival."

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. Xerneas can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.