Porygon-Z 105/147 · Burning Shadows

Burning Shadows is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 5 August 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. Porygon-Z is 105/147, in position 109 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 104 Porygon2, and after it is 105a Porygon-Z. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Porygon-Z is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Porygon-Z (#474), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Porygon2. In this catalog that name is Porygon2 (#233).

MAHOU illustrated this card. The same name is on 122 other cards in the catalog.

Porygon-Z (#474) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Porygon-Z DP35/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and MAHOU illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Porygon-Z list a different HP.

Initialize is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may devolve each of your opponent's evolved Pokémon by putting the highest Stage Evolution card on it into your opponent's hand. The attack Zap Cannon lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon can't use Zap Cannon during your next turn. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "In order to create a more advanced Pokémon, an additional program was installed, but apparently it contained a defect that makes it move oddly."

I keep a set binder for Burning Shadows, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Burning Shadows set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon-Z can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.