Torchic 25/168 · Celestial Storm

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

Torchic sits at 25/168 in Celestial Storm, position 26 of 187. Before it is 24 Magcargo, and after it is 26 Torchic. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Ember lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire. Discard an Energy from 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."

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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