Hitmonchan 8/130 · Base Set 2

Base Set 2 is a set in the Base series. It was released on February 24, 2000. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Hitmonchan is 8/130, in position 8 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Gyarados, and after it is 9 Magneton. 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 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Hitmonchan 7/102 in Base (1999). 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 Set 2, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base Set 2 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.