Moltres 22/113 · Legendary Treasures

Legendary Treasures is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on November 6, 2013. The printed size is 113. This checklist is longer, at 140 cards. Moltres is 22/113, in position 22 of 140 on this checklist. Before it is 21 Ninetales, and after it is 23 Victini. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Moltres is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Moltres (#146), generation 1 (Kanto).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

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). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

The attack Searing Flame lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Fire Blast is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "One of the legendary bird Pokémon. It is said that its appearance indicates the coming of spring."

I keep a set binder for Legendary Treasures, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Legendary Treasures set binder. 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.