Ho-Oh 27/115 · Unseen Forces

Unseen Forces is a set in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. Ho-Oh is 27/115, in position 29 of 145 on this checklist. Before it is 26 Hitmontop, and after it is 28 Jynx. The listed rarity is Rare.

Ho-Oh is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ho-Oh (#250), generation 2 (Johto).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 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. Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The attack Gust lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Sacred Fire is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Unseen Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unseen Forces 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.