Torchic 77/97 · Dragon

Torchic is Pokédex #255, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Torchic sits at 77/97 in Dragon, position 77 of 100. Before it is 76 Taillow, and after it is 78 Trapinch. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Firebreathing lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 Hironobu Yoshida illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hironobu Yoshida. I count 38 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Torchic can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.