# Moltres #21/144 — Skyridge

## Summary

Moltres is one of the original three Kantō birds, so Gen I nostalgia keeps a steady buyer pool for any printing, and Kouki Saitou's name draws illustrator-minded collectors. Skyridge closed out the Wizards-era run in tiny quantities, which gives even a standard Rare scarcity credit. At a $76 modelled guide, with 7 copies traded in 30 days, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $1.80 out of Phantasmal Flames; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Skyridge |
| Number | 21/144 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Kouki Saitou |
| Release date | 2003-05-12 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Fire |
| Ability: Fire Immunity | You can't attach Fire Energy cards from your hand to Moltres. |
| Attack: Collect Fire | cost Colorless — damage 10 — If there are any Fire Energy cards in your discard pile, flip a coin. If heads, attach 1 of them to Moltres. |
| Attack: Burning Tail | cost Fire/Fire/Colorless/Colorless — damage 60 — Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Moltres. |
| Weakness | Water x2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Moltres #146](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/moltres) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$76.19** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-08
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-08
- Floor delivered ask: $68.99 — as of 2026-11-09T13:39:21.824Z
- Quant score: 44/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-09T13:39:21.824Z — 2 of 11 inputs · 16% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2003-05-12T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-05T05:47:51.106Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-08T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-05T05:47:50.577Z, confidence 90%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-05T05:47:50.577Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-12T17:55:49.856Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/skyridge/moltres-21)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aecard3-21%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)