Moltres 146/165 · 151

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

Moltres sits at 146/165 in 151, position 146 of 207. Before it is 145 Zapdos ex, and after it is 147 Dratini. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on September 22, 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Flare Float is listed as Ability. If this Pokémon has any Fire Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost. The attack Blazing Flight lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire. Discard 2 Fire Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 120 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "There are stories of this Pokémon using its radiant, flame-cloaked wings to light up paths for those lost in the mountains." The regulation mark is G.

Moltres (#146) has 43 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 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. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads KEIICHIRO ITO. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

151 set binder is where a full 151 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Legendary birds, Fire Basic Pokémon, Modern living dex: the 151, and Bird Pokémon. I still need this card.