Xerneas (XY 96)

Xerneas
ゼルネアス Xerneas

Steam Siege print
Illus. Megumi Mizutani

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

130

weakness ×2	resistance -20	retreat cost

Expansion	XY
Rarity
English card no.	96/146
Japanese Half Deck	Xerneas Half Deck
Japanese card no.	007/014

English expansion	XY Black Star Promos
English card no.	XY05
Japanese expansion	Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection
Japanese card no.	032/036

Japanese Deck Kit	M Master Deck Build Box Power Style
Japanese card no.	022/049

Japanese expansion	Premium Champion Pack
Japanese card no.	089/131

English expansion	Steam Siege
Rarity
English card no.	81/114
Japanese expansion	Fever-Burst Fighter
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	041/054

Japanese expansion	The Best of XY
Japanese card no.	096/171

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Xerneas.

Xerneas (Japanese: ゼルネアス Xerneas) is a Fairy-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the XY expansion.

Card text

	Geomancy ^{[create category]} ジオコントロール

Choose 2 of your Benched Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a Energy card and attach it to that Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.

	Rainbow Spear ^{[create category]} にじのやり	100

Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Pokédex data (XY print)

Xerneas - Life Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
716	9'07" (3.0 m)	474.0 lbs. (215.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival.
えいえんの　いのちを　わけあたえると　いわれている。じゅもくの　すがたで　1000ねん　ねむり　ふっかつする。

Pokédex data (XY Promotional print)

Xerneas - Life Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
716	9'07" (3.0 m)	474.0 lbs. (215.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival.
あたまのツノがなないろにかがやくときえいえんのいのちをわけあたえられるといわれている。

Pokédex data (Steam Siege print)

Xerneas - Life Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
716	9'07" (3.0 m)	474.0 lbs. (215.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
When the horns on its head shine in seven different colors, it is said to be sharing everlasting life.
あたまのツノがなないろにかがやくときえいえんのいのちをわけあたえられるといわれている。

Release information

This card was included in the XY expansion, first released in the Japanese Xerneas Half Deck. An exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print was included in the Resilient Life Theme Deck. It was reprinted as a Cosmos Holofoil XY Black Star Promo with new artwork by 5ban Graphics, included in the Xerneas Figure Collection and the Xerneas Jumbo Collection, both released on February 19, 2014. A Jumbo promotional print of this XY Promotional print was also included in the Xerneas Jumbo Collection. In Japan, the Xerneas Half Deck print was reprinted in the M Master Deck Build Box Power Style, released on August 7, 2015. A Mirror Reverse Holofoil version of the XY print was released as part of the Japanese Premium Champion Pack. The XY Promotional print was later included in the Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection

This card was reprinted as a Holofoil card with new artwork by Megumi Mizutani in the Steam Siege expansion, first released in the Japanese Fever-Burst Fighter expansion. In Japan, this print was reprinted as a Non Holo in The Best of XY subset.

Gallery

XY print
Illus. 5ban Graphics

XY Promotional print
Illus. 5ban Graphics

Steam Siege print
Illus. Megumi Mizutani

Trivia

Origin

Geomancy is a move in the Pokémon games that Xerneas can learn. This card's XY and English XY Promotional Pokédex entries comes from Pokémon X. The Steam Siege and Japanese XY Promotional Pokédex entries come from Pokémon Y.

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