Typhlosion 32/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Typhlosion is 32/123, in position 32 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 31 Sunflora, and after it is 33 Tyrogue. The listed rarity is Rare.

Typhlosion is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 130 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).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Typhlosion (#157) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 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 lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 25 other cards of Typhlosion list a different HP.

The attack Magma Punch lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Fire Spin is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy attached to Typhlosion. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a secret, devastating move. It rubs its blazing fur together to cause huge explosions."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Typhlosion can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Johto starters. I still need this card.