Torchic 65/100 · Crystal Guardians

Crystal Guardians is a set in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Torchic is 65/100, in position 65 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Squirtle, and after it is 66 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.

Sachiko Adachi illustrated this card. The same name is on 41 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 Sachiko Adachi illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Claw lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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