Volcarona 13/73 · Shining Legends

Volcarona is Pokédex #637, generation 5 (Unova). Volcarona is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Larvesta. In this catalog that name is Larvesta (#636).

Volcarona sits at 13/73 in Shining Legends, position 14 of 81. Before it is 12 Larvesta, and after it is 14 Reshiram. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 6 October 2017. The printed size is 73. This checklist is longer, at 81 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Heat Cyclone is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may have your opponent switch their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. The attack Heat Blast lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales."

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 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and nagimiso illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 17 other cards of Volcarona list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads nagimiso. I count 156 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Shining Legends set binder is where a full Shining Legends 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). I still need this card.