Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (Destined Rivals 39)

Ethan's Ho-Oh   ヒビキのホウオウex Hibiki's Houou ex

Regular print Illus. aky CG Works

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Ethan's Ho-Oh ex Type Fire HP 230 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 039/182 Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 020/063 English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 209/182 Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 077/063 English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 230/182 Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 086/063 English expansion Destined Rivals Rarity English card no. 239/182 Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 090/063 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 254/SV-P English expansion Ascended Heroes Rarity English card no. 026/217 Japanese expansion MEGA Dream ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 021/193 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ho-Oh.

Ethan's Ho-Oh (Japanese: ヒビキのホウオウex Hibiki's Houou ex) is a Fire-type Basic Pokémon ex card. It was first released as part of the Destined Rivals expansion.

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Card text

Golden Flame

こんじきのほのお

Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your hand to 1 of your Benched Ethan's Pokémon.

Shining Feathers

シャイニングフェザー

160

Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokémon.

Pokémon ex rule

When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art ultra rare card, a special illustration rare card, and a hyper rare card in the Destined Rivals expansion, first released in the Japanese Hot Wind Arena subset. The Regular, ultra rare, and hyper rare prints feature artwork by aky CG Works, while the special illustration rare print features artwork by Atsushi Furusawa.

The Ethan artworks on the Full Art ultra rare and hyper rare prints were illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa, who is uncredited on the cards.

In Japan, the Regular print of this card is reprinted as an SV-P Promotional card alongside Cynthia's Garchomp ex and Arven's Mabosstiff ex, available in a promo pack given for winning Hot Wind Arena Sealed Battle tournaments held at Pokémon Card Gym sites in Japan from March 14 to May 31, 2025. This print features the "Sealed Battle" stamp on the bottom left corner of the artwork.

The Regular print of this card is reprinted again in the Ascended Heroes special expansion, originating from the Japanese MEGA Dream ex subset.

Gallery

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Trivia

Origin

Ethan being paired with Ho-Oh alludes to Ethan's original name of "Gold" and Ho-Oh's status as the game mascot of Pokémon Gold. Shining Feathers shares its Japanese name with Shining Feather, Decidueye's Burst Attack in Pokkén Tournament DX.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.