Torchic 99/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on 11 February 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Torchic is 99/127, in position 99 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 98 Tauros, and after it is 100 Torkoal. The listed rarity is Common.

Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 12. In the Pokédex this is Torchic (#255), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The attack Focus Energy lists no damage number. During your next turn, Torchic's Fire Shard attack's base damage is 80. Fire Shard is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A fire burns inside, so it feels very warm to hug. It launches fireballs of 1,800 degrees F."

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