Moltres 9/124 · Fates Collide

Fates Collide is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 2, 2016. The printed size is 124. This checklist is longer, at 129 cards. Moltres is 9/124, in position 9 of 129 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Deerling, and after it is 10 Fennekin. The listed rarity is Rare.

Moltres is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Moltres (#146), generation 1 (Kanto).

OOYAMA illustrated this card. The same name is on 29 other cards in the catalog.

Moltres (#146) has 43 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Moltres 21/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and OOYAMA illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Moltres list a different HP.

The attack Combustion lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flying Flare is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. You may do 40 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "One of the legendary bird Pokémon. It is said that its appearance indicates the coming of spring."

I keep a set binder for Fates Collide, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fates Collide set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Moltres can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.