Typhlosion SM185/248 · SM Black Star Promos

Typhlosion is Pokédex #157, generation 2 (Johto). Typhlosion is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Quilava. In this catalog that name is Quilava (#156).

Typhlosion sits at SM185/248 in SM Black Star Promos, position 188 of 251. Before it is SM184 Eevee, and after it is SM186 Flareon. 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 Exploder lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Search your deck for up to 3 Fire Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck. Bursting Inferno is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has a secret, devastating move. It rubs its blazing fur together to cause huge explosions."

Typhlosion (#157) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Typhlosion 17/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hideki Ishikawa illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Typhlosion list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hideki Ishikawa. I count 100 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. Typhlosion can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Johto starters. I still need this card.