Torchic ★ 108/109 · Team Rocket Returns

Team Rocket Returns is a set in the EX series. It was released on November 1, 2004. The printed size is 109. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Torchic ★ is 108/109, in position 108 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 107 Mudkip ★, and after it is 109 Treecko ★. The listed rarity is Rare Holo Star.

Torchic ★ is a Basic Star Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Torchic (#255), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

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 is named Torchic, while this one is Torchic ★. That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Holo Star. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Fireworks lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Torchic Star. Spring Back is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. If your opponent has only 1 Prize card left, this attack does 20 damage plus 50 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: You can't have more than 1 Pokémon Star in your deck.

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