Torchic 73/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Torchic is Pokédex #255, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Torchic sits at 73/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 73 of 109. Before it is 72 Taillow, and after it is 74 Torchic. 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 Common.

The attack Peck lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Fireworks is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Torchic. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Torchic 74/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Torchic 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. Torchic can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.