Combusken 13/111 · Furious Fists

Combusken is Pokédex #256, generation 3 (Hoenn). Combusken is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Torchic. In this catalog that name is Torchic (#255). The card lists Blaziken, Blaziken (#257) under evolves to.

Combusken sits at 13/111 in Furious Fists, position 13 of 114. Before it is 12 Torchic, and after it is 14 Blaziken. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on August 13, 2014. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Slash lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Midair Strike is another attack lists 50+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its kicking mastery lets it loose 10 kicks per second. It emits sharp cries to intimidate foes."

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 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Combusken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Furious Fists set binder is where a full Furious Fists set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Combusken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.