Blaziken 3/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Ruby & Sapphire is a set in the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. Blaziken is 3/109, in position 3 of 109 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Beautifly, and after it is 4 Camerupt. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. 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).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

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 15/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

Firestarter is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. This power can't be used if Blaziken is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Fire Stream lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Blaziken. If you do, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Ruby & Sapphire, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ruby & Sapphire 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.