Blaziken 28/160 · Primal Clash

Blaziken is Pokédex #257, generation 3 (Hoenn). Blaziken is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

Blaziken sits at 28/160 in Primal Clash, position 28 of 164. Before it is 27 Combusken, and after it is 29 Camerupt-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 4, 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Spreading Flames lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Attach 3 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokémon in any way you like. Heat Blow is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When facing a tough foe, it looses flames from its wrists. Its powerful legs let it jump clear over buildings."

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Blaziken 3/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 29 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Primal Clash set binder is where a full Primal Clash set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Hoenn starters. I still need this card.