# Torchic ☆ #108/109 — Team Rocket Returns

## Summary

Torchic Star was one of the Gold Star pulls that made Team Rocket Returns a chase set, and Hoenn's fire chick has kept a loyal following since its debut. With attacks too gimmicky for tournament play, its demand has always come from collectors rather than players. The modelled guide sits at $4,000 with 7 copies traded in 30 days; PSA has slabbed 1,473 of these and only 19 are 10s, a 1% gem rate that makes the raw-to-gem gap the entire trade.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Team Rocket Returns |
| Number | 108/109 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Masakazu Fukuda |
| Release date | 2004-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Fire |
| Attack: Fireworks | cost Fire — damage 20 — Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Torchic ☆. |
| Attack: Spring Back | cost Fire/Fire — damage 20+ — If your opponent has only 1 Prize card left, this attack does 20 damage plus 50 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. |
| Weakness | Water ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Torchic #255](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/torchic) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$4,000.00** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-28T15:10:43.562Z
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-10-28T15:10:43.562Z
- Floor delivered ask: $96,767.21 — as of 2026-10-27T12:05:05.484Z
- Quant score: 59/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-28T15:10:43.562Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 35% weight · -32% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-27T16:22:56.516Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-17T17:38:50.977Z, confidence 85%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 60%
- Population census — observed 2026-10-14T00:03:21.332Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-rocket-returns/torchic-108)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex7-108%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)