Ho-Oh 19/191 · Surging Sparks

Surging Sparks is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 8, 2024. The printed size is 191. This checklist is longer, at 252 cards. Ho-Oh is 19/191, in position 19 of 252 on this checklist. Before it is 18 Paldean Tauros, and after it is 20 Castform Sunny Form. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Ho-Oh is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ho-Oh (#250), generation 2 (Johto).

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ho-oh 52/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Ho-oh, while this one is Ho-Oh. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. 32 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The attack Flap lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Shining Blaze is another attack lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. If you have any Tera Pokémon on your Bench, this attack does 100 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Surging Sparks, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Surging Sparks set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ho-Oh can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.