Tornadus 98/98 · Emerging Powers

Tornadus is Pokédex #641, generation 5 (Unova). Tornadus is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 110 HP.

Tornadus sits at 98/98 in Emerging Powers, position 98 of 98. The card before it is 97 Thundurus. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Energy Wheel lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Move an Energy from 1 of your Benched Pokémon to this Pokémon. Hurricane is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Move a basic Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The lower half of its body is wrapped in a cloud of energy. It zooms through the sky at 200 mph."

Tornadus (#641) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tornadus BW42/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). Both list 110 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. 15 other cards of Tornadus list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tornadus can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.