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Heatran-EX

Plasma Freeze / #13/116

Heatran-EX

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Plasma Freeze
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Eske Yoshinob
Source reference
bw9-13

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Heatran inhabits volcanic caves and craters. Its blood is said to boil like magma, and the heat of its own body has melted some parts of its rugged steel armour. Yet it does not remain motionless at the bottom of a volcano: its cross-shaped feet let it climb walls and even ceilings. The Pokédex thus connects its heat resistance with a very particular way of moving across the rock around it.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon X attributes Heatran’s ability to crawl along the walls and ceilings of volcanic caves to its cross-shaped feet. This movement is surprising for such a massive steel body. The entry describes an adaptation to cave terrain, without crediting it with flight.

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Card details

HP
180
Type (source)
Fire
Pokédex number
485
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Water ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Heat Boiler

Cost: Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 60

If this Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 60 more damage.

Dynamite Press

Cost: Fire · Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 80

If this Pokémon has any Plasma Energy attached to it, this attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on the Defending Pokémon.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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