Torchic 25/160 · Primal Clash

Primal Clash is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. Torchic is 25/160, in position 25 of 164 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Magcargo, and after it is 26 Torchic. The listed rarity is Common.

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

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 sui illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Ember lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. 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."

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