Volcanion XY145/211 · XY Black Star Promos

Volcanion is Pokédex #721, generation 6 (Kalos). Volcanion is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 130 HP.

Volcanion sits at XY145/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 146 of 216. Before it is XY144 Yanmega, and after it is XY146 Clawitzer. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 12 October 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Power Heater lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Choose 2 of your Benched Pokémon. Attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to each of those Pokémon. Steam Artillery is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It expels its internal steam from the arms on its back. It has enough power to blow away a mountain."

Volcanion (#721) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Volcanion XY164/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). Both list 130 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. TOKIYA illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 4, and here it is 2. 12 other cards of Volcanion list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Volcanion can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.