Cresselia-EX 143/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Cresselia is Pokédex #488, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Cresselia-EX is a Basic EX Psychic Pokémon with 170 HP.

Cresselia-EX sits at 143/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 143 of 153. Before it is 142 Keldeo-EX, and after it is 144 Landorus-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 7 November 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Sparkling Particles is listed as Ability. At any time between turns, heal 10 damage from this Pokémon. The attack Psychic Protection lists 90 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon has no Weakness. Weakness is Psychic ×2. 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.

Cresselia (#488) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Cresselia DP51/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Cresselia, while this one is Cresselia-EX. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Wataru Kawahara illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 19 other cards of Cresselia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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