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Torchic
Emerald 69/106 • common
- Set
- Emerald
- Number
- 69/106
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 2005
- Energy type
- fire energy
- Market price
- $0.90
- Artist
- Midori Harada
What it does
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
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- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Torchic card from the EX Emerald expansion was released in 2005 as part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game's ongoing Ruby and Sapphire era. This set was designed to tie into the Pokémon Emerald video game, which had launched on the Game Boy Advance, featuring the titular Hoenn region starter Pokémon. As a common card, it served as an accessible entry point for players looking to incorporate Fire-type mechanics into their decks during this specific tournament cycle.
The artwork for this particular Torchic was created by illustrator Ken Sugimori, whose distinctive style defined the visual identity of the franchise's first few generations. Sugimori typically aimed for a clean, canonical representation of the Pokémon in a static pose, ensuring the design remained consistent with the source material from the video games. Upon its release, the card was received as a standard utility piece, prized more by players for its type coverage in casual matches than by high-end collectors, who generally focused on the set's holographic Rare and Pokémon-ex cards.
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