Volcarona (Dark Explorers 22)

Volcarona
ウルガモス Ulgamoth

BW Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Shin Nagasawa

Evolution stage

Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Larvesta

Card name

Volcarona

Type

Fire

HP

110

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Dark Explorers
Rarity
English card no.	22/108
Japanese expansion	Dark Rush
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	015/069

English expansion	BW Black Star Promos
English card no.	BW40
Japanese expansion	BW-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	119/BW-P

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Volcarona.

Volcarona (Japanese: ウルガモス Ulgamoth) is a Fire-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Dark Explorers expansion.

Card text

Scorching Scales
やけつくりんぷん

Put 4 damage counters instead of 2 on your opponent's Burned Pokémon between turns.

	Burning Wind ヒートウインド	70

You may discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.

Pokédex data

Volcarona - Sun Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
637	5'03" (1.6 m)	101.4 lbs. (46.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales.
たたかいになると　6まいの　ハネから　ひのこの　りんぷんを　まきちらして　あたり　いちめんを　ひのうみにする。

Release information

This card was originally released as part of the Dark Explorers expansion, the Dark Rush expansion in Japan. It was reprinted as one of the BW-P Promotional cards with new artwork given to those who purchased a booster box of Dark Rush. This print was released as the Prerelease promo for the English Dark Explorers expansion. For the first time since Prerelease promos were introduced, this release was one of the BW Black Star Promos, instead of a card actually in the set.

Gallery

Dark Explorers print
Illus. Shin Nagasawa

BW Black Star Promotional print
Illus. Shin Nagasawa

Trivia

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon White.

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