Blaziken 192/182 · Destined Rivals

Blaziken is Pokédex #257, generation 3 (Hoenn). Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 170 HP. The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Blaziken sits at 192/182 in Destined Rivals, position 192 of 244. Before it is 191 Team Rocket's Houndoom, and after it is 193 Misty's Psyduck. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 30, 2025. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 244 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 182. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Heat Blast lists 70 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Inferno Kick Flurry is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack also does 120 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The regulation mark is I.

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 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 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Illustration Rare. 28 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

Destined Rivals set binder is where a full Destined Rivals 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.