Krookodile-EX XY25/211 · 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. Krookodile-EX is XY25/211, in position 25 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY24 Greninja, and after it is XY26 Pyroar. The listed rarity is Promo.

Krookodile-EX is a Basic EX Darkness Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Krookodile (#553), generation 5 (Unova).

PLANETA illustrated this card. The same name is on 47 other cards in the catalog.

Krookodile (#553) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Krookodile 65/114 in Black & White (2011). That card is named Krookodile, while this one is Krookodile-EX. That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and PLANETA illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Krookodile list a different HP.

The attack Second Bite lists 40+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Megaton Fang is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a card from your hand. If you can't discard a card, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. 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. Krookodile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.