Charmeleon 24/102 · Base

Charmeleon is Pokédex #005, generation 1 (Kanto). Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 32. The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Charmeleon sits at 24/102 in Base, position 24 of 102. Before it is 23 Arcanine, and after it is 25 Dewgong. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Slash lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flamethrower is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon in order to use this attack. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When it swings its burning tail, it raises the temperature to unbearably high levels."

Charmeleon (#005) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmeleon 35/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. 25 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base set binder is where a full Base set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.