Flareon BW88/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Flareon is Pokédex #136, generation 1 (Kanto). Flareon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

Flareon sits at BW88/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 88 of 101. Before it is BW87 Leafeon, and after it is BW89 Vaporeon. 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.

The attack Sand-Attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Fire Slash is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Inhaled air is heated in the flame sac in its body to an intense fire over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit."

Flareon (#136) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flareon 3/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and The Pokémon Company Art Team illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Flareon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads The Pokémon Company Art Team. I count 15 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. Flareon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions. I still need this card.