Dark Flareon 35/82 · Team Rocket

Flareon is Pokédex #136, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Flareon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 23. The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

Dark Flareon sits at 35/82 in Team Rocket, position 35 of 83. Before it is 34 Dark Electrode, and after it is 36 Dark Gloom. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Rage lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Dark Flareon. Playing with Fire is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. Use this attack only if there are any Fire Energy cards attached to Dark Flareon. Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 of those Energy cards and this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 30 damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon with a hot temper that can't be controlled once it's angered. Capable of breathing flames hotter than 3000°."

Flareon (#136) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flareon 3/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Flareon, while this one is Dark Flareon. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 38 other cards of Flareon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flareon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions, Mitsuhiro Arita cards, and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.