Aggron 14/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 16 May 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Aggron is 14/111, in position 14 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 13 Shiftry, and after it is 15 Beedrill. The listed rarity is Rare.

Aggron is a Stage 2 Metal Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 53. In the Pokédex this is Aggron (#306), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Lairon. In this catalog that name is Lairon (#305).

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Aggron (#306) has 23 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 Aggron 1/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 3. 22 other cards of Aggron list a different HP.

The attack Return Blow lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If Aggron was damaged by an attack during your opponent's last turn, this attack does the same amount of damage done to Aggron to the Defending Pokémon. Metal Fang is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard the top card of your deck. If you do, remove 2 damage counters and all Special Conditions from Aggron. Heavy Impact is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire +30. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3.

I keep a set binder for Rising Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rising Rivals set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Aggron can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.