Aron 57/101 · Plasma Blast

Aron is Pokédex #304, generation 3 (Hoenn). Aron is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Lairon, Lairon (#305) under evolves to.

Aron sits at 57/101 in Plasma Blast, position 57 of 105. Before it is 56 Houndoom, and after it is 58 Lairon. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 14 August 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Iron Head lists 10× damage. The cost is Metal. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Headbutt is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "In order to build up its steel body, it eats iron ore. This pesky Pokémon is known to eat railroad tracks."

Aron (#304) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Aron 25/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Aron list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Blast set binder is where a full Plasma Blast set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aron can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.