Torchic 3/12 · McDonald's Collection 2015

McDonald's Collection 2015 is a set in the Other series. It was released on November 27, 2015. The printed size is 12, and the checklist is the same length. Torchic is 3/12, in position 3 of 12 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Lotad, and after it is 4 Staryu.

Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Torchic (#255), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 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 60 HP. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Ember lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A fire burns inside, so it feels very warm to hug. It launches fireballs of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit."

I keep a set binder for McDonald's Collection 2015, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the McDonald's Collection 2015 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.