Torkoal 16/106 · Flashfire

Torkoal is Pokédex #324, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torkoal is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 100 HP.

Torkoal sits at 16/106 in Flashfire, position 16 of 110. Before it is 15 Rapidash, and after it is 17 Fletchinder. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Live Coal lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flamethrower is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "You find abandoned coal mines full of them. They dig tirelessly in search of coal."

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 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Torkoal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Flashfire set binder is where a full Flashfire 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.