Bellossom 3/197 · 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. Bellossom is 3/197, in position 3 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Gloom, and after it is 4 Scyther. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Bellossom is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Bellossom (#182), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

Bellossom (#182) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2023. The earliest other card is Bellossom 3/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Bellossom list a different HP.

The attack Sleep Powder lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Powerful Dance is another attack lists 90× damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 90 damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Bellossom gather at times and appear to dance. They say that the dance is a ritual to summon the sun." 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. Bellossom can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.