Volcarona BW40/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Volcarona is Pokédex #637, generation 5 (Unova). Volcarona is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Larvesta. In this catalog that name is Larvesta (#636).

Volcarona sits at BW40/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 40 of 101. Before it is BW39 Battle City, and after it is BW41 Thundurus. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on March 1, 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

Scorching Scales is listed as Ability. Put 4 damage counters instead of 2 on your opponent's Burned Pokémon between turns. The attack Burning Wind lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales."

Volcarona (#637) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Volcarona 21/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 16 other cards of Volcarona list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BW Black Star Promos set binder is where a full BW Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Volcarona can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.