Combusken 16/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on 9 May 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Combusken is 16/108, in position 16 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Torchic, and after it is 17 Blaziken. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

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 Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Combusken list a different HP.

The attack Double Kick lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Flamethrower is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. 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."

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