Kingdra, XY Black Star Promos XY39/211, promo

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Kingdra

XY Black Star Promos XY39/211 • promo

Set: XY Black Star Promos
Number: XY39/211
Rarity: Promo
Released: 2013
Energy type: dragon energy
Market price: $40.91
Artist: hatachu

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Market

What it's worth

$40.91market price via TCGplayer · Sep 21, 2026$35.94 – $41.32 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a dragon-type card from the XY Black Star Promos, this Kingdra release highlights the mechanical transition of the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the mid-2010s. It is particularly valued by collectors for its unique availability as a promotional release, offering a distinct aesthetic variation that was not part of the standard expansion sets.

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Card face

What it does

130 HPStage 2

Cost: colorless energyGather Strength

Search your deck for up to 4 basic Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Cost: water energy water energy lightning energyDragon Blast150

Discard a Water and a Lightning Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Weaknessfairy energy×2Retreatcolorless energy

It stores energy by sleeping at underwater depths at which no other life-forms can survive.

Formats

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Kingdra XY39 promo card was released in 2015 as part of the XY Black Star Promos set, a series of cards distributed primarily through organized play events, retail blisters, and specialty collector boxes during the XY era of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This particular card was packaged alongside a collection of other items, serving as a promotional incentive to encourage engagement with the expansion sets being released at the time.

The illustration was rendered by Ken Sugimori, one of the most prominent artists in the history of the franchise and the character designer for the original games. Sugimori's style for this card captures the draconic, sea-dwelling essence of Kingdra, utilizing a sharp, dynamic pose that emphasizes its typing. As a staple of the XY promotional line, it is recognized by collectors as a distinct piece of mid-2010s Pokémon history, valued more for its artistic lineage than for tournament-level utility.

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