Monferno 16/135 · Plasma Storm

Monferno is Pokédex #391, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Monferno is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Chimchar. In this catalog that name is Chimchar (#390). The card lists Infernape, Infernape (#392) under evolves to.

Monferno sits at 16/135 in Plasma Storm, position 16 of 138. Before it is 15 Chimchar, and after it is 17 Infernape. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Loud Howl lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent Switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Fire Tail Slap is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It skillfully controls the intensity of the fire on its tail to keep its foes at an ideal distance."

Monferno (#391) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Monferno 56/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Monferno list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 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. Monferno can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.