Blaziken ex 89/95 · Team Magma vs Team Aqua

Blaziken is Pokédex #257, generation 3 (Hoenn). Blaziken ex is a Stage 2 ex Fire Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Blaziken ex sits at 89/95 in Team Magma vs Team Aqua, position 89 of 97. Before it is 88 Double Rainbow Energy, and after it is 90 Cradily ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on March 1, 2004. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 97 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Blaze Kick lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage. If tails, this attack does 30 damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Volcanic Ash is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Fire Energy attached to Blaziken ex and then choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Water ×2 and Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 Hikaru Koike illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hikaru Koike. I count 46 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Magma vs Team Aqua set binder is where a full Team Magma vs Team Aqua 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.