Torchic 14/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Torchic is 14/108, in position 14 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 13 Entei-EX, and after it is 15 Torchic. The listed rarity is Common.

Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Torchic (#255), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Torchic 73/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Reckless Charge lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A fire burns inside, so it feels very warm to hug. It launches fireballs of 1,800 degrees F."

I keep a set binder for Dark Explorers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dark Explorers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Torchic can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.