Zekrom XY76/211 · 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. Zekrom is XY76/211, in position 77 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY75 Palkia, and after it is XY77 Dialga. The listed rarity is Promo.

Zekrom is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Zekrom (#644), generation 5 (Unova).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Zekrom (#644) has 35 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Zekrom BW005/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Zekrom list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Voltage Storm is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Concealing itself in lightning clouds, it flies throughout the Unova region. It creates electricity in its tail."

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. Zekrom can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.