Torkoal V 24/202 · Sword & Shield

Torkoal is Pokédex #324, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torkoal V is a Basic V Fire Pokémon with 210 HP.

Torkoal V sits at 24/202 in Sword & Shield, position 24 of 216. Before it is 23 Ninetales, and after it is 25 Victini V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 7 February 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo V.

The attack Combustion Pillar lists 90+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard the top card of your deck. If that card is a Fire Energy card, this attack does 90 more damage. Steam Crush is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

Torkoal (#324) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 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 is named Torkoal, while this one is Torkoal V. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo V. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 21 other cards of Torkoal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ayaka Yoshida. I count 128 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sword & Shield set binder is where a full Sword & Shield 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.