Ho-Oh 160/214 · Lost Thunder

Lost Thunder is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 2, 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. Ho-Oh is 160/214, in position 160 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 159 Lugia-GX, and after it is 161 Kecleon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Ho-Oh is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ho-Oh (#250), generation 2 (Johto).

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 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. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The attack Rainbow Burn lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 more damage for each type of basic Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It will reveal itself before a pure-hearted Trainer by shining its bright, rainbow-colored wings."

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