Noivern-GX 141/147 · 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. Noivern-GX is 141/147, in position 149 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 140 Gardevoir-GX, and after it is 142 Acerola. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Noivern-GX is a Stage 1 GX Dragon Pokémon with 200 HP. In the Pokédex this is Noivern (#715), generation 6 (Kalos). The card says it evolves from Noibat. In this catalog that name is Noibat (#714).

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

Noivern (#715) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Noivern 77/111 in Furious Fists (2014). That card is named Noivern, while this one is Noivern-GX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. 13 other cards of Noivern list a different HP.

The attack Distort lists 50 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent can't play any Item cards from their hand during their next turn. Sonic Volume is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Psychic, Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent can't play any Special Energy cards from their hand during their next turn. Boomburst-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Darkness, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Fairy ×2. 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 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. Noivern can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.