Arceus XY197/211 · 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. Arceus is XY197/211, in position 200 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY196 Genesect, and after it is XY198 M Camerupt-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Arceus is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Arceus (#493), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Arceus (#493) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Arceus DP50/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Kunihiko Yuyama illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Arceus list a different HP.

The attack Type Switch lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Choose Grass, Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal, Fairy, or Dragon type. Until the end of your next turn, this Pokémon is that type. Power Blast is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is told in mythology that this Pokémon was born before the universe even existed."

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