Steelix-EX 108/114 · Steam Siege

Steelix is Pokédex #208, generation 2 (Johto). Steelix-EX is a Basic EX Metal Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Steelix-EX, Steelix (#208) under evolves to.

Steelix-EX sits at 108/114 in Steam Siege, position 108 of 116. Before it is 107 Volcanion-EX, and after it is 109 M Steelix-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 3 August 2016. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Wild Edge lists 80+ damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. You may do 50 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Iron Tail is another attack lists 100× damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 100 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Steelix (#208) has 33 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Steelix 15/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Steelix, while this one is Steelix-EX. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Steelix list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ryo Ueda. I count 462 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Steam Siege set binder is where a full Steam Siege set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Steelix can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.