Salamence 109/203 · Evolving Skies

Salamence is Pokédex #373, generation 3 (Hoenn). Salamence is a Stage 2 Dragon Pokémon with 170 HP. The card says it evolves from Shelgon. In this catalog that name is Shelgon (#372).

Salamence sits at 109/203 in Evolving Skies, position 109 of 237. Before it is 108 Shelgon, and after it is 110 Rayquaza V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 27 August 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Intimidating Roar is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may have your opponent switch their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. The attack Fierce Dragon lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fire, Water. If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 120 more damage. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Thanks to its fervent wishes, the cells in its body finally mutated, and at last it has its heart's desire—wings." The regulation mark is E.

Salamence (#373) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Salamence 10/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and kodama illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Salamence list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kodama. I count 86 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Evolving Skies set binder is where a full Evolving Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Salamence can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.