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{R} → Fiery Dance : 30
Attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon.
{R}{C}{C} → Heat Wave : 60
The Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
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When volcanic ash darkened the atmosphere, it is said that Volcarona’s fire provided a replacement for the sun.
reshikrom64
Until 5th gen, I thought that Nintendo really hated the Fire type. A grand total of FIVE we got in DPPt.
Then BW came along and we got Victini, Darmanitan, Chandelure, Drought Ninetales and Reshiram all at once. :)
Curtis
Fire was the most populated type prior to Gen IV. I haven’t taken count lately, so I have no idea what is now.
Jiří z Poděbrad
Why was this card given the move “fiery dance” instead of Volcarona’s signature move, “Quiver Dance”?
I imagine it’s because quiver dance sounds too bugg-y; this is a fire type card so it perhaps made more sense to give it a fiery name instead?
Twylis
Fiery Dance *is* Volcarona’s signature move, actually — Quiver Dance is a different move learned by various lepidopteran pokemon like Butterfree, Venomoth, and Volcarona as well.
It has a slightly different effect in the TCG:
https://pkmncards.com/?s=%2Btext%3A%22quiver+dance%22&sort=date&ord=auto&display=images
Notably, Quiver Dance’s JP name is Butterfly Dance, hence its distribution.
Jiří z Poděbrad
Omg you’re totally right!
https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Quiver_Dance_(move)
Because Volcarona can learn *both moves* in the video games, I forgot that they’re two separate moves entirely. Thanks for the reminder!