
Volcarona
#17/101 in Ancient Origins, Rare Holo, 100 HP, Fire, illustrated by Kyoko Umemoto.
- Card number
- #17/101
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100 HP
- Type
- Fire
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 12, 2015
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
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Collector Notes
Volcarona
Volcarona appears in the English print of Ancient Origins, released on August 12, 2015. Volcarona is a rare holo rarity and 100 HP. The Ancient Origins set contains 101 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Kyoko Umemoto.
Collector Insights
Volcarona is a Fire-type Pokémon with 100 HP, featuring a retreat cost of one Colorless energy. It appears in the XY series' Ancient Origins set, released on August 12, 2015. The card's artwork is by Kyoko Umemoto, and its flavor text describes Volcarona's role in providing light during times of volcanic darkness. Volcarona has two attacks: Solar Birth, which costs one Colorless energy and allows the player to search their deck for a Basic Pokémon, place it on the bench, and attach up to two basic Energy cards to it, followed by shuffling the deck, and Flamethrower, which costs Fire and Colorless energy, deals 60 damage, and requires discarding an Energy attached to this Pokémon. The card has no resistances and is weak to Water, which deals double damage. It is classified as a Rare Holo card and has no additional abilities or rules listed. The card's number in the set is 17, and it is associated with Pokémon number 637 in the Pokédex.
When volcanic ash darkened the atmosphere, it is said that Volcarona's fire provided a replacement for the sun.
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