Torchic XY37/211 · XY Black Star Promos

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

Torchic sits at XY37/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 37 of 216. Before it is XY36 Treecko, and after it is XY38 Mudkip. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

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."

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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