Volcarona 13/101 · Plasma Blast

Volcarona is Pokédex #637, generation 5 (Unova). Volcarona is a Stage 1 Team Plasma Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Larvesta. In this catalog that name is Larvesta (#636).

Volcarona sits at 13/101 in Plasma Blast, position 13 of 105. Before it is 12 Larvesta, and after it is 14 Squirtle. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on 14 August 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Solar Transporter lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Reveal the top 5 cards of your deck and put all Team Plasma cards you find there into your hand. Discard the other cards. Leech Life is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Thought to be an embodiment of the sun, it appeared during a bitterly cold winter and saved Pokémon from freezing."

Volcarona (#637) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Volcarona BW40/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 19 other cards of Volcarona list a different HP.

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

Plasma Blast set binder is where a full Plasma Blast set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Volcarona can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Plasma. I still need this card.