Charizard VSTAR, Moltres, and More from ‘Star Birth’ Revealed!
Several cards from S9 Star Birth are currently being revealed in a live stream of Japan’s Champions League 2022 tournament!
As we can see on Charizard, Pokemon VSTAR can also have attacks as their “once per game” VSTAR Power. It’s GX attacks all over again! Arceus VSTAR featured an Ability as its VSTAR Power, so the mechanic isn’t limited to just attacks — it’s broader than the GX mechanic.
Charizard V – Fire – HP220
Basic Pokemon[R][R][C] Burn to Nothing: 90 damage. Before doing damage, discard any Pokemon Tools attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
[R][R][R][C] Heat Blast: 180 damage.
When your Pokemon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Charizard VSTAR – Fire – HP280
VSTAR – Evolves from Charizard V[R][R][C] Exploding Fire: 130+ damage. If this Pokemon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 100 more damage.
[R][R][R][C] Star Blaze (VSTAR Power): 320 damage. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)
When your Pokemon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Arceus V – Colorless – HP220
Basic Pokemon[C][C] Trinity Charge: Search your deck for up to 3 basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokemon V in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.
[C][C][C] Power Edge: 130 damage.
When your Pokemon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Arceus VSTAR – Colorless – HP280
VSTAR – Evolves from Arceus V[C][C][C] Trinity Nova: 200 damage. Search your deck for up to 3 basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokemon V in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.
Ability (VSTAR Power): Starbirth
During your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can’t use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)When your Pokemon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Moltres – Fire – HP120
Basic Pokemon[R] Detonating Wings: 20+ damage. If this Pokemon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 70 more damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Weakness.
Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1
Cheren’s Care – Trainer
SupporterChoose 1 of your [C] Pokemon with any damage counters on it. Put that Pokemon and all the attached cards to it into your hand.
You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.
Kindler – Trainer
SupporterYou must discard 1 [R] Energy from your hand in order to play this card.
Look at the top 7 cards of your deck, choose up to 2 of them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle the other cards into your deck.
You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.
Magma Basin – Trainer
StadiumOnce during each player’s turn, that player may attach 1 [R] Energy from their discard pile to 1 of their Benched [R] Pokemon. If they do, they put 2 damage counters on that Pokemon.
This Stadium stays in play when you play it. Discard it if another Stadium comes into play. If a Stadium with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card.
Double Turbo Energy – Special Energy
As long as this card is attached to a Pokemon, it provides [C][C] Energy.
The attacks of the Pokemon this card is attached to do 20 less damage to your opponent’s Pokemon.
As posted before, Star Birth will release on January 14th and introduce the new VSTAR mechanic. It will feature 100 cards before secret rares. The set will become part of our February set, Brilliant Stars.
Arceus V and Arceus VSTAR were the first cards revealed from the set a few weeks ago. Arceus VSTAR is the set’s mascot.
Also releasing on January 14th is a “Premium Trainer Box VSTAR.” It’ll feature popular staple cards like Mew, Quick Ball, Ultra Ball, Level Ball, Air Balloon, and Path to the Peak. It will also come with a VSTAR marker, coin, and damage counter tin, as we previously reported. It’ll cost 6,050 yen.
