Absol-EX XY62/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Absol is Pokédex #359, generation 3 (Hoenn). Absol-EX is a Basic EX Darkness Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Absol-EX, Absol (#359) under evolves to.

Absol-EX sits at XY62/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 62 of 216. Before it is XY61 Flygon-EX, and after it is XY63 M Absol-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Dark Fang lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, discard a random card from your opponent's hand. Dark Edge is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done by attacks from the Defending Pokémon is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. 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.

Absol (#359) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Absol 1/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Absol, while this one is Absol-EX. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and PLANETA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 29 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads PLANETA. I count 47 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.