Heatran 100/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Heatran is 100/172, in position 100 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 99 Probopass, and after it is 101 Escavalier. The listed rarity is Rare.

Heatran is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Heatran (#485), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Yuya Oka illustrated this card. The same name is on 37 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 140 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Yuya Oka illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Heatran list a different HP.

The attack Guard Claw lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Iron Hammer is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Colorless. If this Pokémon has any Fire Energy attached, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. 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 F.

I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars 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.