XY Black Star Promos

Volcanion EX

XYPFRXY173· Promo
Volcanion EX XYP XY173

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€1.65

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
180
Type
FireWater
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
XY173/211
Set
XY Black Star PromosXYP
Illustrated by
5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Steam UpJets Vapeur

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Fire Energy card from your hand. If you do, during this turn, your Basic Fire Pokémon's attacks do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).Une seule fois pendant votre tour (avant votre attaque), vous pouvez défausser une carte Énergie de votre main. Dans ce cas, pendant ce tour, les attaques de vos Pokémon de base infligent 30 dégâts supplémentaires au Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire (avant application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance).

Its attacks

Volcanic HeatChaleur Volcanique

130

This Pokémon can't attack during your next turn.Ce Pokémon ne peut pas attaquer pendant votre prochain tour.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    180 HP. Only 3 cards in Steam Siege carry more.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Steam Up. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

XY Black Star Promos landed here on 12 October 2013.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 22 Volcanion cards on one page, priciest first.

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