Salamence 57/108 · Roaring Skies

Roaring Skies is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. Salamence is 57/108, in position 57 of 112 on this checklist. Before it is 56 Shelgon, and after it is 58 Latios-EX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Salamence is a Stage 2 Dragon Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Salamence (#373), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Shelgon. In this catalog that name is Shelgon (#372).

TOKIYA illustrated this card. The same name is on 93 other cards in the catalog.

Salamence (#373) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Salamence 10/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and TOKIYA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 4. 26 other cards of Salamence list a different HP.

The attack Shatter lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire. Discard any Stadium card in play. Power Howl is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage times the number of cards in your opponent's hand. Steam Blast is another attack lists 170 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Water, Colorless. Discard 3 Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "It's uncontrollable if enraged. It flies around spouting flames and scorching fields and mountains."

I keep a set binder for Roaring Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Roaring Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Salamence can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.