Klinklang 76/98 · Emerging Powers

Klinklang is Pokédex #601, generation 5 (Unova). Klinklang is a Stage 2 Metal Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Klang. In this catalog that name is Klang (#600).

Klinklang sits at 76/98 in Emerging Powers, position 76 of 98. Before it is 75 Klang, and after it is 77 Cobalion. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 31 August 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Charge Beam lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal. Attach an Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Zap Cannon is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this Pokémon can't use Zap Cannon during your next turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "The gear with the red core is rotated at high speed for a rapid energy charge."

Klinklang (#601) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Klinklang 76/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 7 other cards of Klinklang list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Klinklang can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.