Volcarona #40 from BW Black Star Promos - Promo - Illustrated by Shin Nagasawa
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Volcarona

#40/101 in BW Black Star Promos, Promo, 110 HP, Fire, illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.

Card number
#40/101
Rarity
Promo
HP
110 HP
Type
Fire
Language
English
Release date
March 1, 2011
Illustrator
Shin Nagasawa
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Collector Notes

Volcarona

Volcarona appears in the English print of BW Black Star Promos, released on March 1, 2011. Volcarona is a promo rarity and 110 HP. The BW Black Star Promos set contains 101 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Shin Nagasawa.

Collector Insights

Volcarona is a Fire-type Pokémon with 110 HP. It features the ability Scorching Scales, which applies 4 damage counters instead of 2 on opponent's Burned Pokémon between turns. Its primary attack, Burning Wind, requires Fire and two Colorless Energy to deal 70 damage and allows discarding an attached Energy to Burn the Defending Pokémon. The card has a retreat cost of three Colorless Energy. Volcarona is weak to Water-type attacks, which deal double damage. It belongs to the Black & White series, released as part of the BW Black Star Promos set on March 1, 2011. The artwork was created by artist Shin Nagasawa. This card is numbered 40 in its set and corresponds to Pokémon Dex number 637. The flavor text describes a fiery battlefield where Volcarona's ember scales are scattered by its six wings.

A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales.

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