M Absol-EX XY63/211 · 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. M Absol-EX is XY63/211, in position 63 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY62 Absol-EX, and after it is XY64 Rayquaza. The listed rarity is Promo.

M Absol-EX is a MEGA EX Darkness Pokémon with 210 HP. In the Pokédex this is Absol (#359), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Absol-EX. In this catalog that name is Absol (#359).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

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 M Absol-EX. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

The attack Disaster Wing lists 80+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness. Discard the top card of your opponent's deck. If that card is a Trainer card, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Mega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends. 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. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.