Kangaskhan-GX SM188/248 · 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. Kangaskhan-GX is SM188/248, in position 191 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM187 Alolan Marowak-GX, and after it is SM189 Blastoise-GX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Kangaskhan-GX is a Basic GX Colorless Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Kangaskhan (#115), generation 1 (Kanto).

aky CG Works illustrated this card. The same name is on 163 other cards in the catalog.

Kangaskhan (#115) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Kangaskhan 5/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Kangaskhan, while this one is Kangaskhan-GX. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and aky CG Works illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Kangaskhan list a different HP.

The attack Split Spiral Punch lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Enraged Strike is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is Confused, this attack does 80 more damage. Familial Combo-GX is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Draw 5 cards. (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 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. Kangaskhan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.