Blaziken 3/127 · Platinum

Blaziken is Pokédex #257, generation 3 (Hoenn). Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 59. The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Blaziken sits at 3/127 in Platinum, position 3 of 133. Before it is 2 Blastoise, and after it is 4 Delcatty. 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 Rare Holo.

Fire Breath is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon. That Pokémon is now Burned. This power can't be used if Blaziken is affected by a Special Condition. The attack Clutch lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Fire Spin is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy attached to Blaziken. Weakness is Water +30. Retreat cost is 1.

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 130 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 30 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 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. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.