Fire Tempest
Starter 1999 97 • rare
- Set
- Starter 1999
- Collector number
- 97
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Mike Dringenberg
- Market price
- $1.18
What it does
Fire Tempest deals 6 damage to each creature and each player.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Fire Tempest was released in 1999 as part of the initial Starter Set for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, a product designed to introduce Western audiences to the gameplay mechanics established by Media Factory in Japan. This particular card was intended as a foundational Trainer card, providing players with a strategic way to discard Fire-type energy to fuel higher-level attacks, reflecting the game's focus on resource management and synergy between energy types.
The card features the standard, utilitarian graphic design consistent with the early Base Set era, focusing on clear iconography rather than elaborate illustrations. While not as visually iconic as the set’s Pokémon cards, it holds historical significance as a staple of the original competitive meta. It was received as a functional necessity for deck building during the TCG's formative years, establishing the template for how trainer-based energy manipulation would function in the game's evolving ruleset.
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