Heat Wave
Cost: Fire
Damage: 40
Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Burned.
Unified Minds / #32/236
Talonflame
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Unified Minds
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- SATOSHI NAKAI
- Source reference
- sm11-32
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Talonflame chiefly hunts other bird Pokémon. It approaches quickly, produces sparks with its plumage to intimidate, then dives on prey and strikes with its talons or a powerful kick. During these attacks, the Pokédex credits it with speeds of up to 500 kilometres per hour. Its passage sometimes leaves embers behind. This spectacular hunter owes part of its effectiveness to feathers capable of resisting the fire they accompany.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Pokémon Ultra Sun reports that firefighters’ outfits were once made from Talonflame’s fire-resistant feathers. It is a surprising detail for a bird itself associated with flames: its plumage is said to have protected humans exposed to heat.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 130
- Type (source)
- Fire
- Stage (source)
- Stage2
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Fletchinder
- Pokédex number
- 663
- Retreat cost
- 0 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.
Description from the source
Its tough wings don't allow fire to pass through them. A long time ago, firefighters' outfits were made from Talonflame wings.Attacks
Flare Raid
Cost: Fire · Colorless
Damage: 100
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Normal
- normal · standard
Price history
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