Torchic 17/40 · Nintendo Black Star Promos

Torchic is Pokédex #255, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Torchic sits at 17/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos, position 17 of 40. Before it is 16 Treecko, and after it is 18 Mudkip. The set belongs to the NP series. It was released on 1 October 2003. The printed size is 40, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Ember lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. 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 73/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Nintendo Black Star Promos set binder is where a full Nintendo 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.