Gardevoir-EX 116/114 · Steam Siege

Steam Siege is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 3, 2016. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Gardevoir-EX is 116/114, in position 116 of 116 on this checklist. The card before it is 115 Volcanion-EX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 114. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Gardevoir-EX is a Basic EX Fairy Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gardevoir (#282), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists M Gardevoir-EX, Gardevoir (#282) under evolves to.

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 other cards in the catalog.

Gardevoir (#282) has 55 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 32 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gardevoir 7/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Gardevoir, while this one is Gardevoir-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Secret. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 50 other cards of Gardevoir list a different HP.

The attack Link Blast lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fairy, Colorless. If this Pokémon and your opponent's Active Pokémon have the same amount of Energy attached to them, this attack does 70 more damage. Luminous Blade is another attack lists 120 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 card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Steam Siege, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Steam Siege set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gardevoir can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, and Gallade. I still need this card.