Heatran 25/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Heatran is 25/189, in position 25 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Blaziken, and after it is 26 Pansear. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Heatran is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Heatran (#485), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this card. The same name is on 134 other cards in the catalog.

Heatran (#485) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Heatran LV.X DP31/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Heatran LV.X, while this one is Heatran. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Anesaki Dynamic illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Heatran list a different HP.

The attack Fire Fang lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Raging Flare is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Boiling blood, like magma, circulates through its body. It makes its dwelling place in volcanic caves." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heatran can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.