Aerodactyl-EX XY97/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Aerodactyl is Pokédex #142, generation 1 (Kanto). Aerodactyl-EX is a Basic EX Fighting Pokémon with 170 HP. The card lists M Aerodactyl-EX, Aerodactyl (#142) under evolves to.

Aerodactyl-EX sits at XY97/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 98 of 216. Before it is XY96 Umbreon, and after it is XY98 M Aerodactyl-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 Rock Smash lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Land Crush is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Aerodactyl (#142) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Aerodactyl 1/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Aerodactyl, while this one is Aerodactyl-EX. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 23 other cards of Aerodactyl list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ayaka Yoshida. I count 128 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. Aerodactyl can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon. I still need this card.