Combusken 45/127 · Platinum

Combusken is Pokédex #256, generation 3 (Hoenn). Combusken is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 27. 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 45/127 in Platinum, position 45 of 133. Before it is 44 Cascoon, and after it is 46 Cranidos. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Firebreathing lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. High Jump Kick is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water +20. 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."

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 Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Combusken list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum 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.