Helioptile

Helioptile

Helioptile appears in the English print of Flashfire, released on May 7, 2014. Helioptile is a common rarity and 60 HP. The Flashfire set contains 110 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by 5ban Graphics.

Collector Insights

Helioptile is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 60 HP. It features two attacks: Pound, which costs one Lightning Energy to deal 10 damage, and Destructive Beam, requiring one Lightning and one Colorless Energy. The latter allows the player to flip a coin, discarding an Energy from the opponent’s Active Pokémon if it lands heads. Helioptile has a Metal resistance of -20 and a Fighting weakness multiplied by two. Its retreat cost is one Colorless Energy, and it belongs to the XY series, specifically the Flashfire set, released in 2014. The card’s flavor text describes Helioptile as a desert-dwelling Pokémon capable of generating energy through sunlight, eliminating the need for food. It is a Common rarity card with artwork by 5ban Graphics. The Pokémon’s design emphasizes its association with solar energy and arid environments.

They make their home in deserts. They can generate their energy from basking in the sun, so eating food is not a requirement.

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