Hitmonchan 7/102 · Base

Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Hitmonchan is 7/102, in position 7 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Gyarados, and after it is 8 Machamp. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Hitmonchan is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 33. In the Pokédex this is Hitmonchan (#107), generation 1 (Kanto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Hitmonchan (#107) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2023. The earliest other card is Hitmonchan 8/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. 14 other cards of Hitmonchan list a different HP.

The attack Jab lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. Special Punch is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "While seeming to do nothing, it fires punches in lightning-fast volleys that are impossible to see."

I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmonchan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.