Monferno 32/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Monferno is Pokédex #391, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Monferno is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Chimchar. In this catalog that name is Chimchar (#390). The card lists Infernape, Infernape (#392) under evolves to.

Monferno sits at 32/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 32 of 226. Before it is 31 Chimchar, and after it is 33 Infernape. 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 Chop lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Heat Blow is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It skillfully controls the intensity of the fire on its tail to keep its foes at an ideal distance." The regulation mark is H.

Monferno (#391) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2022. The earliest other card is Monferno 56/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Scav illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Monferno list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Scav. I count 31 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. Monferno can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.