Xerneas XY05/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on 12 October 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Xerneas is XY05/211, in position 5 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY04 Sylveon, and after it is XY06 Yveltal. The listed rarity is Promo.

Xerneas is a Basic Fairy Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Xerneas (#716), generation 6 (Kalos).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Xerneas (#716) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Xerneas-EX XY07/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card is named Xerneas-EX, while this one is Xerneas. That card lists 170 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 14 other cards of Xerneas list a different HP.

The attack Geomancy lists no damage number. The cost is Fairy. Choose 2 of your Benched Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a Fairy Energy card and attach it to that Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Rainbow Spear is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fairy, Fairy, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Darkness -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival."

I keep a set binder for XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Xerneas can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.