Heatran VMAX 26/189 · Astral Radiance

Heatran is Pokédex #485, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Heatran VMAX is a VMAX Fire Pokémon with 330 HP. The card says it evolves from Heatran V. In this catalog that name is Heatran (#485).

Heatran VMAX sits at 26/189 in Astral Radiance, position 26 of 216. Before it is 25 Heatran V, and after it is 27 Radiant Heatran. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 27 May 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

Magma Gain is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, if you have a Stadium in play, you may heal 50 damage from this Pokémon. The attack Max Heat Burst lists 180 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

Heatran (#485) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Heatran LV.X DP31/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Heatran LV.X, while this one is Heatran VMAX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 330 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Shizurow illustrated that card, and N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Heatran list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads N-DESIGN Inc.. I count 68 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Astral Radiance set binder is where a full Astral Radiance set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Heatran can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are VMAX cards. I still need this card.