Charizard & Braixen-GX SM230/248 · 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. Charizard & Braixen-GX is SM230/248, in position 233 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM229 Venusaur & Snivy-GX, and after it is SM231 Champions Festival. The listed rarity is Promo.

Charizard & Braixen-GX is a Basic TAG TEAM GX Fire Pokémon with 270 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charizard (#006), generation 1 (Kanto) and Braixen (#654), generation 6 (Kalos). The card lists Delphox, Delphox (#655) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Charizard (#006) has 106 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 51 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charizard 4/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Charizard, while this one is Charizard & Braixen-GX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 270 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 98 other cards of Charizard list a different HP. Braixen (#654) has 13 cards in the catalog.

The attack Brilliant Flare lists 180 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Colorless. You may search your deck for up to 3 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Crimson Flame Pillar-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Attach 5 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokémon in any way you like. If this Pokémon has at least 1 extra Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned and Confused. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 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. Charizard and Braixen can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto) and Generation 6 binder (Kalos). Themed lists that include this exact card are All Charizard cards and Kalos starters. I still need this card.