Blaziken-EX XY54/211 · XY Black Star Promos

XY Black Star Promos is a set in the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Blaziken-EX is XY54/211, in position 54 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is XY53 Sceptile-EX, and after it is XY55 Swampert-EX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Blaziken-EX is a Basic EX Fire Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Blaziken (#257), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists M Blaziken-EX, Blaziken (#257) under evolves to.

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 other cards in the catalog.

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 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 is named Blaziken, while this one is Blaziken-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The attack Fist of Focus lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Attach an Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Flare Storm is another attack lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin for each Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for XY Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY Black Star Promos set binder. 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 Hoenn starters. I still need this card.