Treecko XY36/211 · 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. Treecko is XY36/211, in position 36 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY35 M Metagross-EX, and after it is XY37 Torchic. The listed rarity is Promo.

Treecko is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Treecko (#252), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Grovyle, Grovyle (#253) under evolves to.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Treecko (#252) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2021. The earliest other card is Treecko 75/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Treecko list a different HP.

The attack Quick Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Small hooks on the bottom of its feet catch on walls and ceilings. That is how it can hang from above."

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. Treecko can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.