Ho-Oh 1/25 · Celebrations

Ho-Oh is Pokédex #250, generation 2 (Johto). Ho-Oh is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 130 HP.

Ho-Oh sits at 1/25 in Celebrations, position 1 of 25. The next card is 2 Reshiram. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 8 October 2021. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Sacred Fire lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Fire Blast is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It will reveal itself before a pure-hearted Trainer by shining its bright, rainbow-colored wings." The regulation mark is E.

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ho-oh 52/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Ho-oh, while this one is Ho-Oh. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celebrations set binder is where a full Celebrations set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ho-Oh can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.