Ho-Oh V 187/195 · Silver Tempest

Ho-Oh is Pokédex #250, generation 2 (Johto). Ho-Oh V is a Basic V Colorless Pokémon with 230 HP.

Ho-Oh V sits at 187/195 in Silver Tempest, position 187 of 215. Before it is 186 Lugia V, and after it is 188 Brandon. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Reviving Flame is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may put it onto your Bench. If you do, attach up to 4 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. If you use this Ability, your turn ends. The attack Rainbow Burn lists 100+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 more damage for each type of basic Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

Ho-Oh (#250) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 V. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Ho-Oh list a different HP.

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

Silver Tempest set binder is where a full Silver Tempest 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.