Beldum 93/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 August 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Beldum is 93/168, in position 94 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 92 Beldum, and after it is 94 Metang. The listed rarity is Common.

Beldum is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beldum (#374), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Metang, Metang (#375) under evolves to.

Hasuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Beldum (#374) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Beldum 22/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hasuno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 20 other cards of Beldum list a different HP.

The attack Single Smash lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "With magnetic traction, it pulls its opponents in close. When they're in range, it slashes them with its rear claws."

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