Dark Charmeleon 32/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Charmeleon is 32/82, in position 32 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 31 Dark Weezing, and after it is 33 Dark Dragonair. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dark Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 23. In the Pokédex this is Charmeleon (#005), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

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 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmeleon 24/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Charmeleon, while this one is Dark Charmeleon. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 34 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The attack Tail Slap lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Fireball is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire. Use this attack only if there are any Fire Energy cards attached to Dark Charmeleon. Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 of those Energy cards. If tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage). Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its tail is incredibly strong, able to lift up to 5 adult men."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. 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 Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.