Blaziken 17/108 · Dark Explorers

Blaziken is Pokédex #257, generation 3 (Hoenn). Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Blaziken sits at 17/108 in Dark Explorers, position 17 of 111. Before it is 16 Combusken, and after it is 18 Torkoal. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Blaze Kick lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Flamethrower is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Flames spout from its wrists, enveloping its knuckles. Its punches scorch it foes."

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Blaziken 3/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and TOKIYA illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads TOKIYA. I count 93 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dark Explorers set binder is where a full Dark Explorers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.