Genesect XY119/211 · 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. Genesect is XY119/211, in position 120 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY118 Keldeo, and after it is XY120 Meloetta. The listed rarity is Promo.

Genesect is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Genesect (#649), generation 5 (Unova).

PLANETA illustrated this card. The same name is on 47 other cards in the catalog.

Genesect (#649) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Genesect BW86/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and PLANETA illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Genesect list a different HP.

The attack Linear Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Metal, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Destructor Beam is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Metal. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon existed 300 million years ago. Team Plasma altered it and attached a cannon to its back."

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. Genesect can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.