Torchic 22/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Torchic is Pokédex #255, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Torchic sits at 22/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 22 of 201. Before it is 21 Houndoom V, and after it is 23 Combusken. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Call for Family lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Live Coal is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. 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." The regulation mark is D.

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Yuka Morii illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yuka Morii. I count 204 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Darkness Ablaze set binder is where a full Darkness Ablaze 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). Themed lists that include this exact card are Yuka Morii clay cards. I still need this card.