Varoom 124/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Varoom is Pokédex #965, generation 9 (Paldea). Varoom is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 70 HP.

Varoom sits at 124/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 124 of 226. Before it is 123 Heatran, and after it is 125 Revavroom. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Metal Coating lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Attach a Basic Metal Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Ram is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The steel section is Varoom's actual body. This Pokémon clings to rocks and converts the minerals within into energy to fuel its activities." The regulation mark is H.

Varoom (#965) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 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 Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is G, and here it is H. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 8 other cards of Varoom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Varoom can fill a slot in Generation 9 binder (Paldea). I still need this card.