Torkoal 23/149 · Sun & Moon

Torkoal is Pokédex #324, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torkoal is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 110 HP.

Torkoal sits at 23/149 in Sun & Moon, position 23 of 173. Before it is 22 Arcanine, and after it is 24 Litten. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 February 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Singe lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Body Slam is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Coal is the source of Torkoal's energy. Large amounts of coal can be found in the mounts where they live."

Torkoal (#324) has 22 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 Torkoal 12/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Torkoal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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