Varoom 155/197 · Obsidian Flames
Obsidian Flames is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on August 11, 2023. The printed size is 197. This checklist is longer, at 230 cards. Varoom is 155/197, in position 155 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 154 Varoom, and after it is 156 Revavroom ex. The listed rarity is Common.
Varoom is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Varoom (#965), generation 9 (Paldea). The card lists Revavroom, Revavroom (#966) under evolves to.
Saya Tsuruta illustrated this card. The same name is on 123 other cards in the catalog.
Varoom (#965) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2023 to 2024. The earliest other card is Varoom 26/102 in Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos (2023). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Mina Nakai illustrated that card, and Saya Tsuruta illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 8 other cards of Varoom list a different HP.
The attack Suffocating Gas lists 30 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said that this Pokémon was born when an unknown poison Pokémon entered and inspirited an engine left at a scrap-processing factory." The regulation mark is G.
I keep a set binder for Obsidian Flames, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Obsidian Flames set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Varoom can fill a slot in Generation 9 binder (Paldea). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 155/197
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
- Released
- August 11, 2023
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 70
- Type
- Metal
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
- Pokédex
- Varoom (#965)
- Evolves to
- Revavroom
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Resistance
- Grass -30
- Retreat
- 2
- Regulation mark
- G
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It is said that this Pokémon was born when an unknown poison Pokémon entered and inspirited an engine left at a scrap-processing factory.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Varoom from?
Obsidian Flames, in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on August 11, 2023. The printed size is 197.
What is the collector number?
155/197. It is entry 155 of 230 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Saya Tsuruta. The catalog lists 123 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Varoom #965, generation 9 (Paldea).
What regulation mark is printed?
G.
Which attacks are printed?
Suffocating Gas (30).