Gyarados-EX XY106/211 · 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. Gyarados-EX is XY106/211, in position 107 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY105 Mawile Spirit Link, and after it is XY107 Mewtwo-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Gyarados-EX is a Basic EX Water Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gyarados (#130), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists M Gyarados-EX, Gyarados (#130) under evolves to.

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 other cards in the catalog.

Gyarados (#130) has 56 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 39 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Gyarados 6/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Gyarados, while this one is Gyarados-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 50 other cards of Gyarados list a different HP.

The attack Stormy Seas lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flips a coin until you get tails. For each heads, search your deck for a Water Energy card and attach it to this Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Splash Burn is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. 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.

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. Gyarados can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Magikarp and Gyarados. I still need this card.