Torkoal 29/168 · Celestial Storm

Torkoal is Pokédex #324, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torkoal is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 120 HP.

Torkoal sits at 29/168 in Celestial Storm, position 30 of 187. Before it is 28 Blaziken-GX, and after it is 30 Oricorio. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Flaming Honk lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 4 cards of your deck. If any of those cards are Fire Energy cards, attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. Searing Flame is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "If the fire burning within its shell goes out, it will die. Those who wish to raise one in their home must always keep something flammable at hand."

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). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Torkoal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 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. Torkoal can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.