Dragalge XY10/211 · 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. Dragalge is XY10/211, in position 10 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY09 Garchomp-EX, and after it is XY11 Skiddo. The listed rarity is Promo.

Dragalge is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dragalge (#691), generation 6 (Kalos). The card says it evolves from Skrelp. In this catalog that name is Skrelp (#690).

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

Dragalge (#691) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dragalge 71/106 in Flashfire (2014). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Promo. 7 other cards of Dragalge list a different HP.

Poison Barrier is listed as Ability. Your opponent's Poisoned Pokémon can't retreat. The attack Poison Breath lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Psychic, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Their poison is strong enough to eat through the hull of a tanker, and they spit it indiscriminately at anything that enters their territory."

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. Dragalge can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.