Flygon 5/111 · 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. Flygon is 5/111, in position 5 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Floatzel GL, and after it is 6 Froslass GL. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Flygon is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 120 HP. The card lists level 65. In the Pokédex this is Flygon (#330), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Vibrava. In this catalog that name is Vibrava (#329).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Flygon (#330) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flygon 25/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). Both list 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. 23 other cards of Flygon list a different HP.

Rainbow Float is listed as Poké-Body. If any basic Energy card attached to Flygon is the same type as any of your Pokémon, the Retreat Cost for those Pokémon is 0. The attack Sand Wall lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Stadium card your opponent has in play. If you do, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Flygon during your opponent's next turn. Power Swing is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 60 damage plus 10 more damage for each Evolved Pokémon on your Bench. Weakness is Colorless +30. Resistance is Lightning -20.

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. Flygon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.