Gyarados-GX SM212/248 · 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. Gyarados-GX is SM212/248, in position 215 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM211 Charizard-GX, and after it is SM213 Raichu-GX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Gyarados-GX is a Stage 1 GX Water Pokémon with 230 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gyarados (#130), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Magikarp. In this catalog that name is Magikarp (#129).

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

Gyarados (#130) has 56 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 38 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Gyarados 6/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Gyarados, while this one is Gyarados-GX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 55 other cards of Gyarados list a different HP.

The attack Dragon Rage lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Colorless. Hyper Beam-GX is another attack lists 240 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Colorless. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Lightning ×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. Gyarados can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Magikarp and Gyarados. I still need this card.