Torchic 26/160 · Primal Clash

Torchic is Pokédex #255, generation 3 (Hoenn). Torchic is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Combusken, Combusken (#256) under evolves to.

Torchic sits at 26/160 in Primal Clash, position 26 of 164. Before it is 25 Torchic, and after it is 27 Combusken. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 4 February 2015. The printed size is 160. This checklist is longer, at 164 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Flare Bonus lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Discard a Fire Energy card from your hand. If you do, draw 2 cards. Claw is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. Ω Barrage is the ancient trait on this card. This Pokémon may attack twice a turn. (If the first attack Knocks Out your opponent's Active Pokémon, you may attack again after your opponent chooses a new Active Pokémon.) The flavor text reads "A fire burns inside, so it feels very warm to hug. It launches fireballs of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit."

Torchic (#255) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Torchic list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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