Ho-Oh SL5/95 · Call of Legends

Call of Legends is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 9, 2011. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Ho-Oh is SL5/95, in position 100 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is SL4 Groudon, and after it is SL6 Kyogre. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Ho-Oh is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ho-Oh (#250), generation 2 (Johto).

Hideaki Hakozaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ho-oh 52/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Ho-oh, while this one is Ho-Oh. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hideaki Hakozaki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 36 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The attack Combustion lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Scorching Wing is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard all Fire Energy attached to Ho-Oh. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Legends claim this Pokémon flies the world's skies continuously on its magnificent seven-colored wings."

I keep a set binder for Call of Legends, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Call of Legends set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ho-Oh can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.