Ho-Oh HGSS01/25 · HGSS Black Star Promos

HGSS Black Star Promos is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. Ho-Oh is HGSS01/25, in position 1 of 25 on this checklist. The next card is HGSS02 Lugia. The listed rarity is Promo.

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

Takashi Yamaguchi illustrated this card. The same name is on 18 other cards in the catalog.

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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. Both list the rarity Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Takashi Yamaguchi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 33 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The attack Combustion lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. 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 80 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "A legend says that its body glows in seven colors. A rainbow is said to form behind when it flies."

I keep a set binder for HGSS Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HGSS Black Star Promos 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.