Moltres 19/181 · Team Up

Team Up is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 1, 2019. The printed size is 181. This checklist is longer, at 198 cards. Moltres is 19/181, in position 19 of 198 on this checklist. Before it is 18 Rapidash, and after it is 20 Litten. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Moltres is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Moltres (#146), generation 1 (Kanto).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Moltres (#146) has 43 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Moltres 21/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

The attack Top Burner lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Discard all Fire Energy from this Pokémon. Then, discard a card from the top of your opponent's deck for each Energy you discarded in this way. Fire Spin is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said to be the legendary bird Pokémon of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flare of flames."

I keep a set binder for Team Up, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Up set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Moltres can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.