Volcarona 30/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 14 August 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Volcarona is 30/189, in position 30 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Larvesta, and after it is 31 Fletchinder. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

NC Empire illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

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 Rare. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and NC Empire illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 17 other cards of Volcarona list a different HP.

The attack Cauterize lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire. If your opponent's Active Pokémon has no damage counters on it before this attack does damage, this attack does nothing. Fire Wing is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "According to legends, it was hatched from a flaming cocoon to save people and Pokémon that were suffering from the cold." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Volcarona can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.