Baltoy 32/98 · Ancient Origins

Ancient Origins is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. Baltoy is 32/98, in position 32 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is 31 Baltoy, and after it is 33 Claydol. The listed rarity is Common.

Baltoy is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Baltoy (#343), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Claydol, Claydol (#344) under evolves to.

Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 128 other cards in the catalog.

Baltoy (#343) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Baltoy 32/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Baltoy list a different HP.

The attack Future Spin lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Look at the top 3 cards of either player's deck and put them back on top of that player's deck in any order. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. θ Stop is the ancient trait on this card. Prevent all effects of your opponent's Pokémon's Abilities done to this Pokémon. The flavor text reads "It moves by spinning on its foot. It is a rare Pokémon that was discovered in ancient ruins."

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