Onix 84/130 · Base Set 2

Base Set 2 is a set in the Base series. It was released on 24 February 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Onix is 84/130, in position 84 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 83 Nidoran ♂, and after it is 85 Paras. The listed rarity is Common.

Onix is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 12. In the Pokédex this is Onix (#095), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Steelix, Steelix (#208) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Onix (#095) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Onix 56/102 in Base (1999). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 22 other cards of Onix list a different HP.

The attack Rock Throw lists 10 damage. The cost is Fighting. Harden is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. During your opponent's next turn, whenever 30 or less damage is done to Onix (after applying Weakness and Resistance), prevent that damage. (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "As it grows, the stone portions of its body harden to become similar to a diamond, though colored black."

I keep a set binder for Base Set 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base Set 2 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Onix can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.