Flygon-EX XY61/211 · 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. Flygon-EX is XY61/211, in position 61 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY60 Gyarados, and after it is XY62 Absol-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Flygon-EX is a Basic EX Dragon Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flygon (#330), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Toyste Beach illustrated this card. The same name is on 284 other cards in the catalog.

Flygon (#330) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flygon 25/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Flygon, while this one is Flygon-EX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Toyste Beach illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Flygon list a different HP.

Voice of the Sands is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, you may have your opponent switch his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. The attack Spiral Buzz lists 80+ damage. The cost is Grass, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 2. 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. Flygon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.