Bronzong 61/124 · Fates Collide

Fates Collide is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 2, 2016. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 129 cards. Bronzong is 61/124, in position 63 of 129 on this checklist. Before it is 60 Bronzor, and after it is 62 Bronzong BREAK. The listed rarity is Rare.

Bronzong is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Bronzong (#437), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Bronzor. In this catalog that name is Bronzor (#436).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Bronzong (#437) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bronzong 6/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Daisuke Ito illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Bronzong list a different HP.

Metal Fortress is listed as Ability. Prevent all effects of your opponent's attacks, including damage, done to your Benched Pokémon. The attack Guard Press lists 60 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Ancient people believed that petitioning Bronzong for rain was the way to make crops grow."

I keep a set binder for Fates Collide, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fates Collide set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Bronzong can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.