Our next freebie is the incredibly powerful Dragon-type, Haxorus. This is a 1st Edition holographic card from the XY-era set Bandit Ring, featuring artwork that places this mighty Pokémon in a stunningly atmospheric and ancient setting.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Haxorus (オノノクス)
- Set: Bandit Ring (XY8)
- Year: 2015
- Card Number: 047-059
- Rarity/Edition: Holo Rare (1st Edition)
- Artist: hatachu
- National Pokédex No.: 612
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Dragon
- HP: 160
- Evolves From: Fraxure
Attack 1:
- Japanese: りゅうのまい
- Romaji: Ryū no Mai
- English: Dragon Dance
- Cost: [Colourless]
- Effect: The damage of this Haxorus’s attacks is increased by 100. This effect lasts until this Pokémon leaves the Active Spot and does not stack.
Attack 2:
- Japanese: するどいキバ
- Romaji: Surudoi Kiba
- English: Sharp Fang
- Cost: [Colourless]
- Damage: 60
Attack 3:
- Japanese: りゅうのはどう
- Romaji: Ryū no Hadō
- English: Dragon Pulse
- Cost: [Fighting][Metal][Colourless]
- Damage: 130
- Effect: Discard the top 3 cards of your deck.
- Weakness: Fairy x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless][Colourless][Colourless]
Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: 鉄骨を 切りつけても 刃こぼれ しない 頑丈な キバを 持つ。硬い よろいに 覆われている。
- Romaji: Tekkotsu o kiritsukete mo kobore shinai ganjōna kiba o motsu. Katai yoroi ni ōwa rete iru.
- English: It has sturdy tusks that won’t break even if it cuts through steel beams. It is covered in hard armour.
Collector’s Notes
This Haxorus is a 1st Edition Holo Rare from the Japanese set Bandit Ring (XY8). As a late XY-era card from 2015, it features the powerful gameplay mechanics and high HP that were becoming common for final evolution Pokémon. The 1st Edition stamp adds a nice touch of collectability to this already impressive card, which also features the vibrant “shattered ice” holographic pattern.
The artwork by hatachu is exceptionally well-suited to the Geopik collection. The artist has placed Haxorus in what appears to be a ruined colosseum or ancient stone city, complete with crumbling pillars and braziers. This strong architectural and archaeological element gives the card a profound sense of history and place. The blue energy swirling around Haxorus’s hands provides a striking contrast to the grey stone of the ruins.
As a Friend of Geopik, this Haxorus offers one of the strongest visual and thematic links we’ve seen. The setting, an ancient city of stone, directly connects to geology through architecture and the use of natural materials. Furthermore, Haxorus’s lore is explicitly geological. Its famous “axe-like” tusks are described as being incredibly hard and durable, capable of cutting steel. This suggests a composition of a hyper-dense mineral, harder than anything found in the human world. It is a creature whose biology has evolved to mimic the properties of the toughest materials found in geology.
