Heat Rotom 43/182 · Destined Rivals

Destined Rivals is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 30 May 2025. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 244 cards. Heat Rotom is 43/182, in position 43 of 244 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Blaziken, and after it is 44 Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon. The listed rarity is Common.

Heat Rotom is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rotom (#479), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Rotom (#479) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rotom 7/106 in Great Encounters (2008). That card is named Rotom, while this one is Heat Rotom. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 41 other cards of Rotom list a different HP.

The attack Singe lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Gadget Show is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage for each Pokémon Tool attached to all of your Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for Destined Rivals, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Destined Rivals set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rotom can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Halloween: Ghost Pokémon, Fire Basic Pokémon, and All Rotom cards. I still need this card.