Ho-Oh-EX 119/124 · Dragons Exalted

Ho-Oh is Pokédex #250, generation 2 (Johto). Ho-Oh-EX is a Basic EX Fire Pokémon with 160 HP.

Ho-Oh-EX sits at 119/124 in Dragons Exalted, position 119 of 128. Before it is 118 Blend Energy WaterLightningFightingMetal, and after it is 120 Mew-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 15, 2012. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 128 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Rebirth is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may flip a coin. If heads, put this Pokémon onto your Bench and attach 3 different types of basic Energy cards from the discard pile to this Pokémon. The attack Rainbow Burn lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 more damage for each different type of basic Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ho-oh 52/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Ho-oh, while this one is Ho-Oh-EX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

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

Dragons Exalted set binder is where a full Dragons Exalted 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). I still need this card.