Tauros-GX 156/149 · Sun & Moon

Sun & Moon is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 February 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. Tauros-GX is 156/149, in position 157 of 173 on this checklist. Before it is 155 Solgaleo-GX, and after it is 157 Gumshoos-GX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 149. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

Tauros-GX is a Basic GX Colorless Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tauros (#128), generation 1 (Kanto).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Tauros (#128) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tauros 47/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Tauros, while this one is Tauros-GX. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 34 other cards of Tauros list a different HP.

The attack Rage lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Horn Attack is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Mad Bull-GX is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Sun & Moon, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Sun & Moon set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tauros can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.