Blaziken ex 90/100 · 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. Blaziken ex is 90/100, in position 90 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 89 Aggron ex, and after it is 91 Delcatty ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Blaziken ex is a Stage 2 ex Fighting Pokémon with 150 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).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 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 is named Blaziken, while this one is Blaziken ex. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The attack Drag Off lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Before doing damage, you may choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. Burn Away is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Before doing damage, count the remaining HP of the Defending Pokémon. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out by this attack, Blaziken ex does damage to itself equal to the attack's damage minus the remaining HP of the Defending Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on that Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Hoenn starters. I still need this card.