Ho-oh 52/53 · Wizards Black Star Promos

Ho-Oh is Pokédex #250, generation 2 (Johto). Ho-oh is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 80 HP.

Ho-oh sits at 52/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos, position 52 of 53. Before it is 51 Rapidash, and after it is 53 Suicune. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on July 1, 1999. The printed size is 53, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Sacred Wing lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack's base damage is 20 instead of 60. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2.

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ho-oh 7/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kimiya Masago illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

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

Wizards Black Star Promos set binder is where a full Wizards Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ho-Oh can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.