Dark Machoke 40/82 · Team Rocket

Machoke is Pokédex #067, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Machoke is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 28. The card says it evolves from Machop. In this catalog that name is Machop (#066). The card lists Machamp, Machamp (#068) under evolves to.

Dark Machoke sits at 40/82 in Team Rocket, position 40 of 83. Before it is 39 Dark Kadabra, and after it is 41 Dark Muk. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Drag Off lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Before doing damage, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon. Do the damage to the new Defending Pokémon. This attack can't be used if your opponent has no Benched Pokémon. Knock Back is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.) Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "While normally peaceful and friendly, the number of incidents involving cruel Machokes is rising."

Machoke (#067) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machoke 34/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Machoke, while this one is Dark Machoke. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Machoke list a different HP.

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

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