Rayquaza XY64/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Rayquaza is Pokédex #384, generation 3 (Hoenn). Rayquaza is a Basic Dragon Pokémon with 120 HP.

Rayquaza sits at XY64/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 64 of 216. Before it is XY63 M Absol-EX, and after it is XY65 Latios. 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.

Ozone Wall is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's.) The attack Dragon Pulse lists 130 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Lightning, Colorless. Discard the top 3 cards of your deck. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground."

Rayquaza (#384) has 59 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rayquaza ex 39/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Rayquaza ex, while this one is Rayquaza. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 49 other cards of Rayquaza list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 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. Rayquaza can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards, Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza, and All Rayquaza cards. I still need this card.