Origins of Vintage Pokémon › Cards
Typhlosion
017/P · 2001

Typhlosion

How it was given out: Starter Triple Get Campaign (Gold Silver Course).

Japanese promo, released 2001.

One of 278 promos from 1999 to 2003 listed on this site.

Stage 2 · Fire · HP 100

Quick Attack 10+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage.

Thermal Blast 40

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, if any. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon).

Illustrator: Hiroaki Ito

This card was included in the English Expedition Base Set, first released in the Japanese Pokémon-e Starter Deck. In Japan, the card was reprinted as a Cosmos Holofoil P Promotional card, and was one of three cards available as part of the Starter Triple Get Campaign . The Starter Triple Get Campaign required people collect 3 proof of purchase seals from Pokémon-e Starter Decks (only 1 was present on each deck), and send them to the Pokémon Company affixed to a postcard.

More on Bulbapedia · TCG Collector

Card notes adapted from Bulbapedia (CC BY-NC-SA).

← 016/P Feraligatr018/P Shining Imakuni? →

Unofficial fan reference. Pokémon and card artwork © Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK and The Pokémon Company.