Talonflame 28/146 · XY

Talonflame is Pokédex #663, generation 6 (Kalos). Talonflame is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Fletchinder. In this catalog that name is Fletchinder (#662).

Talonflame sits at 28/146 in XY, position 28 of 146. Before it is 27 Fletchinder, and after it is 29 Blastoise-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Devastating Wind lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent shuffles his or her hand into his or her deck and draws 4 cards. Flare Blitz is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. Discard all Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. The flavor text reads "In the fever of an exciting battle, it showers embers from the gaps between its feathers and takes to the air."

Talonflame (#663) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Talonflame 10/119 in Phantom Forces (2014). Both list 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Talonflame list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY set binder is where a full XY set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Talonflame can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.