Blaziken 1/106 · Emerald

Emerald is a set in the EX series. It was released on May 1, 2005. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 107 cards. Blaziken is 1/106, in position 1 of 107 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Deoxys. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 110 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).

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 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 lists 100 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

Blaze is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Blaziken's remaining HP is 40 or less, Blaziken does 40 more damage to the Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Searing Flame lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Damage Burn is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for Emerald, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Emerald set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.