Flareon 12/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Flareon is 12/108, in position 12 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 11 Accelgor, and after it is 13 Entei-EX. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Flareon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flareon (#136), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

Suwama Chiaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 102 other cards in the catalog.

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 lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Suwama Chiaki illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Flareon list a different HP.

The attack Sand-Attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Fire Slash is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Inhaled air is heated in the flame sac in its body to an intense fire over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit."

I keep a set binder for Dark Explorers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dark Explorers set binder. 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. I still need this card.