Combusken 28/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

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

Combusken sits at 28/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 28 of 109. Before it is 27 Combusken, and after it is 29 Delcatty. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 1 July 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Natural Cure is listed as Poké-Body. When you attach a Fire Energy card from your hand to Combusken, remove all Special Conditions from Combusken. The attack Lunge lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Combusken (#256) has 21 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 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 Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Combusken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Combusken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.