ホウオウGX

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): GXウルトラシャイニー
Rarity (source): Ultra Rare
Illustrator: 5ban Graphics
Source reference: SM8b-210

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The Pokémon’s story

Ho-Oh moves through stories as a bird with changing feathers. Depending on the direction of the light, they shine in seven colours, and a rainbow seems to follow its flight. Its feathers are said to bring good fortune, and seeing the Pokémon is said to bring lasting joy. Some entries add that it reveals its wings to a pure-hearted Trainer. The Pokédex gives no address where it can be found: it preserves the idea of a rare appearance, associated with light and legend.

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

A detail worth noticing

The seven colours attributed to Ho-Oh’s feathers vary with the angle of its body to the light, explains Pokémon Omega Ruby. The same entry places its home at the foot of a rainbow according to tradition: this is a reported legend, not a mapped location.

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Card details

HP: 190
Type (source): Fire
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 250
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Lightning x2
Resistance (source): Fighting -20

Printed card text — Japanese

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

せいなるほのお

Cost: Fire · Colorless · Colorless

相手のポケモン1匹に、50ダメージ。［ベンチは弱点・抵抗力を計算しない。］

フェニックスバーン

Cost: Fire · Fire · Fire · Colorless

Damage: 180

次の自分の番、このポケモンは「フェニックスバーン」が使えない。

エターナルライトGX

Cost: Fire · Colorless · Colorless

自分のトラッシュにある[炎]タイプの「ポケモンGX・EX」を3枚、ベンチに出す。［対戦中、自分はGXワザを1回しか使えない。］

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · standard

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