Honedge 21/39 · Kalos Starter Set

Honedge is Pokédex #679, generation 6 (Kalos). Honedge is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Doublade, Doublade (#680) under evolves to.

Honedge sits at 21/39 in Kalos Starter Set, position 21 of 39. Before it is 20 Bisharp, and after it is 22 Snubbull. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 8 November 2013. The printed size is 39, and the checklist is the same length.

The attack Continuous Slash lists 30× damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force."

Honedge (#679) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Honedge XY12/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. 5 other cards of Honedge list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Kalos Starter Set set binder is where a full Kalos Starter Set set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Honedge can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.