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Moltres-EX

Plasma Storm / #14/135

Moltres-EX

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Plasma Storm
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Eske Yoshinob
Source reference
bw8-14

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The Pokémon’s story

Moltres crosses the sky with wings that scatter flames at every beat. The Pokédex describes it as a bird capable of controlling fire, but also attributes a spectacular way of healing to it: when injured, it is said to bathe in a volcano’s magma. Its glowing silhouette can light up the night. In the stories that follow it, fire is therefore more than a weapon; it accompanies its flight, survival and recovery of strength.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield reports that Moltres’s blazing wings have lit paths for people lost in the mountains. The same fire that can frighten thus becomes a landmark in the darkness. The entry uses the form of a passed-down story, without identifying the travellers concerned.

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Card details

HP
170
Type (source)
Fire
Pokédex number
146
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Water ×2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -20

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

Destructive Flame

Cost: Fire · Colorless

Damage: 30

Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Power Flame

Cost: Fire · Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 80

If this Pokémon has any Plasma Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 more damage.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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