Garchomp-EX XY09/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Garchomp-EX is XY09/211, in position 9 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY08 Yveltal-EX, and after it is XY10 Dragalge. The listed rarity is Promo.

Garchomp-EX is a Basic EX Dragon Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Garchomp (#445), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists M Garchomp-EX, Garchomp (#445) under evolves to.

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

Garchomp (#445) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Garchomp C LV.X DP46/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Garchomp C LV.X, while this one is Garchomp-EX. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Garchomp list a different HP.

The attack Dual Chop lists 30× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Power Blast is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Water, Fighting, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fairy ×2. 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 XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Garchomp can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.