Combusken 23/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Combusken is 23/189, in position 23 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Torchic, and after it is 24 Blaziken. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Combusken is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Combusken (#256), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Torchic. In this catalog that name is Torchic (#255). The card lists Blaziken, Blaziken (#257) under evolves to.

kodama illustrated this card. The same name is on 86 other cards in the catalog.

Combusken (#256) has 21 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 Combusken 27/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and kodama illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Combusken list a different HP.

The attack Smash Kick lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Heat Beak is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "During a battle, the hot flame in its body increases. Its kicks have outstanding destructive power." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Combusken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.