Genesect

Genesect

Genesect appears in the English print of XY Black Star Promos, released on October 12, 2013. Genesect is a promo rarity and 110 HP. The XY Black Star Promos set contains 216 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.

Collector Insights

Genesect is a Metal-type Pokémon with 110 HP, featuring a retreat cost of two Colorless energy. It has a resistance to Psychic attacks, reducing damage by 20, and a weakness to Fire attacks, which deal double damage. The card includes two attacks: Linear Attack, which costs one Metal and one Colorless energy to deal 30 damage to a single opponent's Pokémon while ignoring Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon, and Destructor Beam, requiring three Metal energy to deal 90 damage and flip a coin to potentially discard an Energy from the opponent's Active Pokémon. The card is part of the XY series, released as a Promo rarity in the XY Black Star Promos set on October 12, 2013. Artist Ken Sugimori designed the card, and its flavor text references a historical Pokémon altered by Team Plasma to include a cannon. The card's number is 196, and it is associated with the Pokémon Dex number 649. Its unique combination of attacks and typing makes it a distinct entry in the Pokémon TCG.

This Pokémon existed 300 million years ago. Team Plasma altered it and attached a cannon to its back.

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