Moltres (Wizards Promo 21)

Moltres LV.33
ファイヤー Fire
Fire
MoltresSupremeVictors149.jpg
Supreme Victors print
Illus. Toshinao Aoki
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Moltres
Type Fire
HP 70
weakness
None
resistance
Fighting-30
retreat cost
 
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
English expansion Wizards Black Star Promos
English card no. 21
Japanese expansion Pokémon Web
Japanese rarity Rare Holo
Japanese card no. 043/048
English expansion Supreme Victors
Rarity Rare Secret
English card no. 149/147
Japanese expansion Beat of the Frontier
Japanese rarity SuperRare Holo
Japanese card no. 098/100
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Moltres.

Moltres (Japanese: ファイヤー Fire) is a Fire-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as one of the Wizards Black Star Promos.

Card text

Wizards Black Star Promo print

    Hyper Flame [create category]
ハイパーフレイム
60
Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1   Energy card attached to Moltres. If tails, discard all Energy cards attached to Moltres. If you can't discard Energy cards, this attack does nothing.


Pokédex data (Wizards Black Star Promo print)

Moltres - Flame Pokémon
No. Height Weight
146 6'7" (2 m) 132 lbs. (60 kg)
Pokédex entry
The flames on this legendary Pokémon's wings burn so brightly that they can make night seem like day.
夜空さえも赤くするほど、はげしく燃え上がるつばさではばたく、伝説のポケモン。


Supreme Victors print

    Hyper Flame [create category]
ハイパーフレイム
60
Flip a coin. If heads, discard a   Energy attached to Moltres. If tails, discard all Energy attached to Moltres.


Pokédex data (Supreme Victors print)

Moltres - Flame Pokémon
No. Height Weight
146 6'07" (2.0 m) 132.3 lbs. (60.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
The flames on this legendary Pokémon's wings burn so brightly that they can make night seem like day.
よぞらさえも あかくするほど、 はげしく もえあがる つばさで はばたく、 でんせつの ポケモン。


Release information

In Japan, this card was first released as an Unnumbered Promotional card with artwork by Toshinao Aoki and was distributed by All Nippon Airlines between August 1 and September 30, 1999. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Everyone's Happy Campaign" could redeem two domestic boarding pass stubs for a two-card set that included Moltres and Zapdos. Stubs were required to be affixed to special postcards and mailed to Media Factory. The postcards could be obtained from airport counters or from the ANA branch office. The English version was one of the Wizards Black Star Promos given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of The Power of One, with then English-exclusive artwork by Naoyo Kimura. This artwork was used on a Japanese reprint released in Pokémon Web. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in Supreme Victors as a retro card, having previously been released in the Japanese Beat of the Frontier expansion.

Gallery

Wizards Black Star Promo print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Unnumbered Promotional print
Illus. Toshinao Aoki
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Pokémon Web print
Illus. Naoyo Kimura
Supreme Victors print
Illus. Toshinao Aoki
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

  • The initial print of the Wizards promo erroneously credited Toshinao Aoki as the illustrator, who illustrated the Japanese promo. Wizards rectified the error, with subsequent prints correctly crediting Naoyo Kimura as the illustrator. However, the change was brought about close to or after the release of the film, so it is likely that fewer people received the correct version later into the campaign compared to those who received the misprint earlier.
  • The artwork used on the Japanese Unnumbered Promotional print and the Supreme Victors print is part of a combined illustration that includes Articuno and Zapdos.

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, though it is reworded.


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