Blaziken 15/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Blaziken is Pokédex #257, generation 3 (Hoenn). Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Blaziken sits at 15/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 15 of 109. Before it is 14 Wailord, and after it is 16 Breloom. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Clutch lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn. Flamethrower is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Blaziken. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 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 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire 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.