Blaziken 1/17 · POP Series 1

POP Series 1 is a set in the POP series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Blaziken is 1/17, in position 1 of 17 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Metagross. The listed rarity is Rare.

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).

Katsura Tabata illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 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. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Katsura Tabata illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The attack Fire Punch lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Double Kick is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

I keep a set binder for POP Series 1, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the POP Series 1 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.