Salamence-EX XY170/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Salamence is Pokédex #373, generation 3 (Hoenn). Salamence-EX is a Basic EX Dragon Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Salamence-EX, Salamence (#373) under evolves to.

Salamence-EX sits at XY170/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 172 of 216. Before it is XY169 Garchomp Spirit Link, and after it is XY171 M Salamence-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 12 October 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Beastly Fang lists 10+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 50 more damage for each of your opponent's Pokémon-EX. Dragon Strike is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Fire, Water, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon can't use Dragon Strike during your next turn. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Salamence (#373) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Salamence 10/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Salamence, while this one is Salamence-EX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Salamence list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Salamence can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.