Talonflame (Steam Siege 96)

Talonflame  
ファイアロー Fiarrow
Colorless

Illus. Kouki Saitou
Evolution stage
Fletchinder
Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Fletchinder
Card name Talonflame
Type Colorless
HP 130
weakness
Lightning×2
resistance
Fighting-20
retreat cost
None
English expansion Steam Siege
Rarity Rare
English card no. 96/114
Japanese expansion Fever-Burst Fighter
Japanese rarity U
Japanese card no. 048/054
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Talonflame.

Talonflame (Japanese: ファイアロー Fiarrow) is a Colorless-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Steam Siege expansion.

Card text

Ability

Gale Wings
はやてのつばさ
If this Pokémon is in your hand when you are setting up to play, you may put it face down as your Active Pokémon.
Colorless
Aero Blitz
エアロブリッツ
40
Search your deck for up to 2 cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Pokédex data

663
3'11" (1.2 m)
54.0 lbs. (24.5 kg)
Pokédex entry
When attacking prey, it can reach speeds of up to 310 mph. It finishes its prey off with a colossal kick.
えものに おそいかかるときの スピードは じそく500キロ。きょうれつな キックで しとめる。

Rulings

For the "Gale Wings" Ability:

  • When setting up to play, if the player's starting hand of 7 cards has Talonflame with the "Gale Wings" Ability and no Basic Pokémon, that player may choose to use Talonflame's "Gale Wings" Ability to set it up as their Active Pokémon.[1][2]
    • On the same note, since the player technically has no Basic Pokémon in their starting hand, they may choose to take a mulligan instead (shuffling their hand back into their deck and drawing a new starting hand, repeating until they have a Basic Pokémon in their starting hand).[1][2]
    • Note that players can't build their deck with only Pokémon that have the "Gale Wings" Ability; the deck still needs to include at least 1 Basic Pokémon.[1]
  • Consider the situation where a player sets up their Active Pokémon while their opponent takes a mulligan; the player may draw a card for each time the opponent does so. If the player draws into a Pokémon with the "Gale Wings" Ability from this, that player may not set it up as their Active Pokémon or replace the Active Pokémon that was already set up.[1]

Trivia

Origin

Gale Wings is an Ability in the Pokémon games that Talonflame can have. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Y.

References

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