Blaziken 1/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Blaziken is 1/106, in position 1 of 106 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Cresselia. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 56. In the Pokédex this is Blaziken (#257), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

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 130 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 30 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The attack Fire Dance lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Search your discard pile for a Fire Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. Flame Kick is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 2 Fire Energy attached to Blaziken. This attack does 80 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Water +30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Flames spout from its wrists, enveloping its knuckles. Its punches scorch its foes."

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