Typhlosion ex 99/100 · Sandstorm

Sandstorm is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 18, 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Typhlosion ex is 99/100, in position 99 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 98 Raichu ex, and after it is 100 Wailord ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Typhlosion ex is a Stage 2 ex Fire Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Typhlosion (#157), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Quilava. In this catalog that name is Quilava (#156).

Hikaru Koike illustrated this card. The same name is on 46 other cards in the catalog.

Typhlosion (#157) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Typhlosion 17/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card is named Typhlosion, while this one is Typhlosion ex. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Typhlosion list a different HP.

The attack Ring of Fire lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned, and can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn. Split Blast is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 1 Energy card attached to Typhlosion ex. If your opponent has more than 1 Defending Pokémon, you may do 50 damage to each of them instead. Weakness is Fighting ×2 and Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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