Luxio 45/99 · Next Destinies

Luxio is Pokédex #404, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Luxio is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Shinx. In this catalog that name is Shinx (#403). The card lists Luxray, Luxray (#405) under evolves to.

Luxio sits at 45/99 in Next Destinies, position 45 of 103. Before it is 44 Luxio, and after it is 46 Luxray. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 8 February 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Quick Turn lists 20× damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Bite is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "Strong electricity courses through the tips of its sharp claws. A light scratch causes fainting in foes."

Luxio (#404) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Luxio 52/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Luxio list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoki Saito. I count 270 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Next Destinies set binder is where a full Next Destinies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Luxio can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.