Torchic 69/106 · 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. Torchic is 69/106, in position 69 of 107 on this checklist. Before it is 68 Taillow, and after it is 70 Treecko. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 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 lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Hypnotic Gaze lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

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. Torchic can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.