Xerneas (XY Promo 31)

Xerneas
ゼルネアス Xerneas

Illus. Kouki Saitou

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

130

weakness ×2	resistance -20	retreat cost

English expansion	XY Black Star Promos
English card no.	XY31
Japanese expansion	XY-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	051/XY-P

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 is one of the XY Black Star Promos.

Card text

Aurora Gain

オーロラゲイン

50

During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon has no Weakness.

Light of Life

せいめいのひかり

80+

If your opponent has Yveltal (including Yveltal-EX) in play, this attack does 40 more damage.

Pokédex data

Xerneas - Life Pokémon

No.

716

Height

9'07" (3.0 m)

Weight

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。

Release information

This card was released as part of the English Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs Yveltal released on October 22, 2014. In Japan, this card was released as one of the XY-P Promotional cards. It was made available as a Cracked Ice Reverse Holofoil card in the Xerneas Movie Commemoration Set, one of four items of merchandise released in conjunction with the premiere of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction on July 19, 2014. This card features a "Pokémon the movie XY" stamp in the bottom left corner of the artwork and the movie logo in the bottom right.

Trivia

The English Black Star Promotional print erroneously credits the illustrator as Masakazu Fukuda when the actual illustrator for this print is Kouki Saitou.

Origin

Aurora Gain is an attack that first appeared on Raikou & Suicune LEGEND from Unleashed. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon X.

Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Characters	Argus Steel • Astrid • Merilyn Flame • Millis Steel • Ninja Riot • Uschi Carbink • Diancie • Xerneas • Yveltal
Locations	Diamond Domain • Allearth Forest • Avignon Town • Orsay City
Soundtrack and Score	Soundtrack • Pokémon Movie Music Collection Daybreak Meteor Shower (CD)
Adaptations	Manga • A Pokémon Super Story!
TCG	Diancie • Carbink • Klefki • Xerneas • Yveltal • Darkrai • Skiddo • Dedenne Xerneas Movie Commemoration Set • Yveltal Movie Commemoration Set • Theater Diancie Movie Commemoration Set • Seven & I Diancie Movie Commemoration Set • Xerneas & Yveltal Official Carrying Case
Merchandise	Pokémon Kids figures
Video games	The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon
Event distributions	Atsuto Uchida Pikachu Cinema Diancie (Japanese, Korean) • Movie Theater Diancie • Universe Diancie (Japanese, Taiwanese) Wonderland Darkrai (Japanese, Taiwanese) • Mysterious World Darkrai The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon Master Ball Tretta (Diancie)
Related animation	XY038 (preceding TV episode) Pikachu, What's This Key? (Pikachu short) Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain (prologue)

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