Torkoal 23/196 · Lost Origin

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

Torkoal sits at 23/196 in Lost Origin, position 23 of 217. Before it is 22 Magcargo, and after it is 24 Litwick. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 9 September 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Stampede lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flamethrower is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It burns coal inside its shell for energy. It blows out black soot if it is endangered." The regulation mark is F.

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 Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 18 other cards of Torkoal list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Lost Origin set binder is where a full Lost Origin 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.