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

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

Special illustration rare print
Illus. Atsushi Furusawa
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Ethan's Ho-Oh ex
Type Fire
HP 230
weakness
Water×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Double Rare
English card no. 039/182
Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena
Japanese rarity RR
Japanese card no. 020/063
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Ultra Rare
English card no. 209/182
Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena
Japanese rarity SR
Japanese card no. 077/063
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Special Illustration Rare
English card no. 230/182
Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena
Japanese rarity SAR
Japanese card no. 086/063
English expansion Destined Rivals
Rarity Hyper Rare
English card no. 239/182
Japanese expansion Hot Wind Arena
Japanese rarity UR
Japanese card no. 090/063
Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 254/SV-P
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ho-Oh.

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

Card text

Ability

Golden Flame
こんじきのほのお
Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Fire Energy cards from your hand to 1 of your Benched Ethan's Pokémon.
FireFireFireFire
Shining Feathers
シャイニングフェザー
160
Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokémon.
0250
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.[1]

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.[2] This print features the "Sealed Battle" stamp on the bottom left corner of the artwork.

Gallery

Regular print
Illus. aky CG Works
Ultra rare print
Illus. aky CG Works
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Special illustration rare print
Illus. Atsushi Furusawa
Hyper rare print
Illus. aky CG Works
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


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.