Chesnaught-EX XY18/211 · 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. Chesnaught-EX is XY18/211, in position 18 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY17 Charizard-EX, and after it is XY19 Delphox-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Chesnaught-EX is a Basic EX Grass Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Chesnaught (#652), generation 6 (Kalos).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Chesnaught (#652) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Chesnaught XY68/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card is named Chesnaught, while this one is Chesnaught-EX. That card lists 160 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Chesnaught list a different HP.

The attack Pin Missile lists 40× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. Wild Tackle is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4. 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. Chesnaught can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). Themed lists that include this exact card are Kalos starters. I still need this card.