Entei 30/197 · 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. Entei is 30/197, in position 30 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Ninetales, and after it is 31 Numel. The listed rarity is Rare.

Entei is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Entei (#244), generation 2 (Johto).

toriyufu illustrated this card. The same name is on 11 other cards in the catalog.

Entei (#244) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Entei 34/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and toriyufu illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 28 other cards of Entei list a different HP.

Pressure is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, attacks used by your opponent's Active Pokémon do 20 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Blaze Ball lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 more damage for each Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is said that when it roars, a volcano erupts somewhere around the globe." 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. Entei can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.