Moltres-EX 14/135 · Plasma Storm

Moltres is Pokédex #146, generation 1 (Kanto). Moltres-EX is a Basic EX Team Plasma Fire Pokémon with 170 HP.

Moltres-EX sits at 14/135 in Plasma Storm, position 14 of 138. Before it is 13 Amoonguss, and after it is 15 Chimchar. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Destructive Flame lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Power Flame is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. If this Pokémon has any Plasma Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 is named Moltres, while this one is Moltres-EX. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 43 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Storm set binder is where a full Plasma Storm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Moltres can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.