Lycanroc-GX SM14/248 · SM Black Star Promos

SM Black Star Promos is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 February 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. Lycanroc-GX is SM14/248, in position 14 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM13 Oranguru, and after it is SM15 Zygarde. The listed rarity is Promo.

Lycanroc-GX is a Stage 1 GX Fighting Pokémon with 200 HP. In the Pokédex this is Lycanroc (#745), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Rockruff. In this catalog that name is Rockruff (#744).

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

Lycanroc (#745) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Lycanroc SM105/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Lycanroc, while this one is Lycanroc-GX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 20 other cards of Lycanroc list a different HP.

The attack Crunch lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Accelerock is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Lycanfang-GX is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. 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 SM Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SM Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lycanroc can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.