Yanmega XY144/211 · 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. Yanmega is XY144/211, in position 145 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY143 Magikarp, and after it is XY145 Volcanion. The listed rarity is Promo.

Yanmega is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Yanmega (#469), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Yanma. In this catalog that name is Yanma (#193).

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Yanmega (#469) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Yanmega 17/146 in Legends Awakened (2008). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Yanmega list a different HP.

Sonic Vision is listed as Ability. If you have exactly 4 cards in your hand, ignore all Energy in the attack cost of each of this Pokémon's attacks. The attack Assault Boom lists 50+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 70 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. The flavor text reads "This six-legged Pokémon is easily capable of transporting an adult in flight. The wings on its tail help it stay balanced."

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. Yanmega can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.