Heat Rotom RT3/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Heat Rotom is RT3/111, in position 117 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is RT2 Frost Rotom, and after it is RT4 Mow Rotom. The listed rarity is Rare.

Heat Rotom is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 46. In the Pokédex this is Rotom (#479), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Lee HyunJung illustrated this card. The same name is on 28 other cards in the catalog.

Rotom (#479) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rotom 7/106 in Great Encounters (2008). That card is named Rotom, while this one is Heat Rotom. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Daisuke Ito illustrated that card, and Lee HyunJung illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Rotom list a different HP.

Heat Shift is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Heat Rotom's type is Fire until the end of your turn. The attack Warm Up lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for a Fire Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Heat Burn is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Darkness +20. Resistance is Colorless -20. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Rising Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rising Rivals set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rotom can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.