Honedge 98/160 · Primal Clash

Primal Clash is a set in the XY series. It was released on 4 February 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. Honedge is 98/160, in position 98 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 97 Excadrill, and after it is 99 Doublade. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

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. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Honedge list a different HP.

The attack Metal Sound lists no damage number. The cost is Metal. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person's arm and drains that person's life energy completely."

I keep a set binder for Primal Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Primal Clash set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Honedge can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.