Beedrill-EX XY157/211 · 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. Beedrill-EX is XY157/211, in position 159 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY156 Lugia, and after it is XY158 M Beedrill-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Beedrill-EX is a Basic EX Grass Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beedrill (#015), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists M Beedrill-EX, Beedrill (#015) under evolves to.

hatachu illustrated this card. The same name is on 31 other cards in the catalog.

Beedrill (#015) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Beedrill 17/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Beedrill, while this one is Beedrill-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and hatachu illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Beedrill list a different HP.

The attack Double Scrapper lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards attached to your opponent's Pokémon. Pin Missile is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. 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. Beedrill can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.