Porygon-Z 67/98 · Ancient Origins

Ancient Origins is a set in the XY series. It was released on 12 August 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. Porygon-Z is 67/98, in position 67 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is 66 Porygon-Z, and after it is 68 Lugia-EX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Porygon-Z is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Porygon-Z (#474), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Porygon2. In this catalog that name is Porygon2 (#233).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Porygon-Z (#474) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Porygon-Z DP35/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Porygon-Z list a different HP.

The attack Digital Reboot lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Devolve as many of your Benched Pokémon as many times as you like. Put each Evolution card removed this way into your hand. Dazzle Blast is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. θ Stop is the ancient trait on this card. Prevent all effects of your opponent's Pokémon's Abilities done to this Pokémon. The flavor text reads "Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error…"

I keep a set binder for Ancient Origins, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ancient Origins set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Porygon-Z can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.