Torkoal 100/127 · Platinum

Torkoal is Pokédex #324, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torkoal is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 28.

Torkoal sits at 100/127 in Platinum, position 100 of 133. Before it is 99 Torchic, and after it is 101 Turtwig. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Super Singe lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Flame Ball is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Move an Energy card attached to Torkoal to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Water +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It burns coal inside its shell for energy. It blows out black soot if it is endangered."

Torkoal (#324) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Torkoal 12/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 15 other cards of Torkoal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Torkoal can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.