Mudkip XY38/211 · 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. Mudkip is XY38/211, in position 38 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY37 Torchic, and after it is XY39 Kingdra. The listed rarity is Promo.

Mudkip is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Mudkip (#258), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Marshtomp, Marshtomp (#259) under evolves to.

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

Mudkip (#258) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2021. The earliest other card is Mudkip 59/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Mudkip list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Mud-Slap is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "To alert it, the fin on its head senses the flow of water. It has the strength to heft boulders."

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