Flygon BWP BW53/101

Name: Flygon BWP BW53/101
Brand: Pokémon

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Flygon has appeared in several sets: Boundaries Crossed (BCR 99) and BW Black Star Promos (BWP BW53). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

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No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

BW Black Star Promos landed here on 26 April 2011.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 140
Type: Dragon
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: BW53/101
Set: BW Black Star PromosBWPSet guide
Illustrated by: BERUBURI

Its Ability

Sand Slammer

At any time between turns, if this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokémon.

Its attacks

Flying Beatdown

You may discard a Grass Energy and a Fighting Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
It has an Ability, Sand Slammer. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,067 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Vibrava to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Dragon ×2. Against a Dragon Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,067 tournament lists we have read, 1,665 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Flygon BCR 99/149Boundaries CrossedRareRare
Flygon BWP BW53/101BW Black Star PromosRareThe one you are looking atRare

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 27 Flygon cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Flygon cards

Flygon BWP BW53/101

The market for this printing

When it came out