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Moltres

SM Black Star Promos / #SM143/248

Moltres

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
SM Black Star Promos
Rarity (source)
Promo
Illustrator
Hitoshi Ariga
Source reference
smp-SM143

CARDEX BACKGROUND

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.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
120
Type (source)
Fire
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
146
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning ×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.

Description from the source

It is said to be the legendary bird Pokémon of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flare of flames.

Attacks

Wing Attack

Cost: Fire · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 70

Sky Attack

Cost: Fire · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 150

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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