Xerneas (XY 96)

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Xerneas  
ゼルネアス Xerneas
Fairy
XerneasXYPromo5.jpg
XY Promotional print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Xerneas
Type Fairy
HP 130
weakness
Metal×2
resistance
Darkness-20
retreat cost
  
Expansion XY
Rarity Rare
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 Rare Holo
English card no. 81/114
Japanese expansion Fever-Burst Fighter
Japanese rarity R
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

Fairy
Geomancy
ジオコントロール
Choose 2 of your Benched Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a Fairy Energy card and attach it to that Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.
FairyFairyColorless
Rainbow Spear
にじのやり
100
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Pokédex data (XY print)

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)

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)

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

XerneasXY96.jpg
XY print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
XerneasXYPromo5.jpg
XY Promotional print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
XerneasFeverBurstFighter41.jpg
Steam Siege print
Illus. Megumi Mizutani
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


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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