Heatran-EX 109/116 · Plasma Freeze

Heatran is Pokédex #485, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Heatran-EX is a Basic EX Team Plasma Fire Pokémon with 180 HP.

Heatran-EX sits at 109/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 109 of 122. Before it is 108 Rock Guard, and after it is 110 Thundurus-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Heat Boiler lists 60+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. If this Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 60 more damage. Dynamite Press 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 10 more damage for each damage counter on the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Heatran (#485) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Heatran LV.X DP31/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Heatran LV.X, while this one is Heatran-EX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Shizurow illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 3. 26 other cards of Heatran list a different HP.

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

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heatran can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Plasma. I still need this card.