Ho-Oh-GX SV50/94 · Hidden Fates Shiny Vault

Hidden Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 23 August 2019. The printed size is 94, and the checklist is the same length. Ho-Oh-GX is SV50/94, in position 50 of 94 on this checklist. Before it is SV49 Charizard-GX, and after it is SV51 Reshiram-GX. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny GX.

Ho-Oh-GX is a Basic GX Fire Pokémon with 190 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ho-Oh (#250), generation 2 (Johto).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

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-GX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 190 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Shiny GX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

The attack Sacred Fire lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Phoenix Burn is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Colorless. This Pokémon can't use Phoenix Burn during your next turn. Eternal Light-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Put 3 in any combination of Fire Pokémon-GX or Fire Pokémon-EX from your discard pile onto your Bench. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Hidden Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault set binder. 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.