Blaziken-GX 28/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 3 August 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Blaziken-GX is 28/168, in position 29 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 27 Combusken, and after it is 29 Torkoal. The listed rarity is Rare Holo GX.

Blaziken-GX is a Stage 2 GX Fire Pokémon with 240 HP. In the Pokédex this is Blaziken (#257), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Combusken. In this catalog that name is Combusken (#256).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Blaziken 3/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Blaziken, while this one is Blaziken-GX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 240 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo GX. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 29 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Explosive Kick is another attack lists 210 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 2 Fire Energy from this Pokémon. Blaze Out-GX is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Discard 2 Energy from your opponent's Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Celestial Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Celestial Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Hoenn starters. I still need this card.