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Porygon-Z-GX
SM Black Star Promos SM216/248 • promo
- Set
- SM Black Star Promos
- Number
- SM216/248
- Rarity
- Promo
- Released
- 2017
- Energy type
- colorless energy
- Market price
- $6.08
- Artist
- PLANETA Tsuji
What it does
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Special Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, heal 80 damage from it.
This Pokémon is now Burned.
Search your deck for up to 10 cards and discard them. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedLegal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Porygon-Z-GX card, designated SM216, was released as a Black Star Promo in 2019 to coincide with the Sun & Moon era of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. These promotional cards were distributed as part of specific retail blisters or collector boxes, serving as a specialized way for players to acquire powerful 'GX' mechanics outside of standard expansion booster packs. This particular release highlighted Porygon-Z, a digital-themed Pokémon known for its unconventional design and role in the Kanto and Sinnoh regions.
The artwork follows the high-gloss, full-art aesthetic characteristic of the GX era, emphasizing vibrant, neon-saturated digital effects to represent the Pokémon's erratic, glitch-like nature. As a colorless-type card, it was designed to fit into diverse deck compositions, offering players access to the 'Recursive CPU' ability and the high-damage 'Corrupt GX' attack. It remains a notable piece for collectors focusing on the Sun & Moon promo series due to its distinctive holographic pattern and the popularity of the Porygon evolutionary line.
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