Genesect BW99/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Genesect is Pokédex #649, generation 5 (Unova). Genesect is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 110 HP.

Genesect sits at BW99/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 99 of 101. Before it is BW98 Mew, and after it is BW100 N. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 1 March 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Hyper Beam lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Breaker Bazooka is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Discard all Grass Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon existed 300 million years ago. Team Plasma altered it and attached a cannon to its back."

Genesect (#649) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Genesect BW86/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 20 other cards of Genesect list a different HP.

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

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