Jirachi 42/108 · Roaring Skies

Roaring Skies is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. Jirachi is 42/108, in position 42 of 112 on this checklist. Before it is 41 Inkay, and after it is 43 Togepi. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Jirachi is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Jirachi (#385), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this card. The same name is on 158 other cards in the catalog.

Jirachi (#385) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Jirachi 21/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Jirachi list a different HP.

The attack Diminutive Desire lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. Look at the top 7 cards of your deck and put 1 of them into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. Doom Desire is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Discard all Energy attached to this Pokémon. The Defending Pokémon is Knocked Out at the end of your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is said to have the ability to grant any wish for just one week every thousand years."

I keep a set binder for Roaring Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Roaring Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Jirachi can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.