Flareon VMAX 18/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Flareon VMAX is 18/203, in position 18 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 17 Applin, and after it is 19 Entei. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

Flareon VMAX is a VMAX Single Strike Fire Pokémon with 320 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flareon (#136), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Flareon V. In this catalog that name is Flareon (#136).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Flareon (#136) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flareon 3/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Flareon, while this one is Flareon VMAX. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 320 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 37 other cards of Flareon list a different HP.

The attack Max Detonate lists 100× damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 5 cards of your deck. This attack does 100 damage for each Energy card you discarded in this way. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flareon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions. I still need this card.