Moltres 30/110 · Legendary Collection

Moltres is Pokédex #146, generation 1 (Kanto). Moltres is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 35.

Moltres sits at 30/110 in Legendary Collection, position 30 of 110. Before it is 29 Mewtwo, and after it is 31 Nidoking. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on May 24, 2002. The printed size is 110, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Wildfire lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. You may discard any number of Fire Energy cards attached to Moltres when you use this attack. If you do, discard that many cards from the top of your opponent's deck. Dive Bomb is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Known as the legendary bird of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flash of flames."

Moltres (#146) has 43 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Moltres 21/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 39 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

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

Legendary Collection set binder is where a full Legendary Collection set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Moltres can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.