Moltres
Mysterious Mountains

#18 Moltres - Mysterious Mountains (mysterious-mountains)

Moltres is a Pokémon with 80 HP featured in the Mysterious Mountains set, released on October 4, 2002. The card is illustrated by Kouki Saitou and classified as Rare. It has two attacks, Collect Fire and Burning Tail, each with distinct energy costs and effects. Collect Fire requires one Colorless Energy and deals 10 damage, allowing the player to potentially attach a Fire Energy from their discard pile if the coin flip is successful. Burning Tail demands four Energy costs—two Fire and two Colorless—and deals 60 damage, with a coin flip determining whether a Fire Energy attached to Moltres is discarded. The card’s abilities focus on manipulating Fire Energy through discarding or attaching, offering strategic flexibility in gameplay. Its design emphasizes interactions with Energy cards, reflecting its thematic connection to fire-based mechanics. This Pokémon’s mechanics are centered around resource management and conditional outcomes based on player decisions.