Moltres SM143/248 · SM Black Star Promos

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

Moltres sits at SM143/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 146 of 251. Before it is SM142 Kyurem, and after it is SM144 Articuno. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Wing Attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Sky Attack is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. 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."

Moltres (#146) has 43 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 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. Both list the rarity Promo. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hitoshi Ariga. I count 155 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SM Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SM Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Moltres can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.