BW Black Star Promos

Volcarona BWP BW40/101

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Volcarona BWP BW40

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BWP BW40/101 there. Its illustration is signed Shin Nagasawa.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the BW Black Star Promos set, released here on 26 April 2011.

When it came out

BW Black Star Promos landed here on 26 April 2011.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP
110
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
BW40/101
Set
BW Black Star PromosBWP
Illustrated by
Shin Nagasawa

Its Ability

Écailles Brûlantes

Placez 4 marqueurs de dégâts au lieu de 2 sur le Pokémon Brûlé de votre adversaire entre chaque tour.

Its attacks

Vent Torride

70

Vous pouvez défausser une Énergie attachée à ce Pokémon. Dans ce cas, le Pokémon Défenseur est maintenant Brûlé.

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

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

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,427 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 2,185 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.

The other cards of this Pokémon

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