Hitmonchan 2/9 · Best of Game

Hitmonchan is Pokédex #107, generation 1 (Kanto). Hitmonchan is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 33.

Hitmonchan sits at 2/9 in Best of Game, position 2 of 9. Before it is 1 Electabuzz, and after it is 3 Professor Elm. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on December 1, 2002. The printed size is 9, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

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."

Hitmonchan (#107) has 21 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 Hitmonchan 7/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. 17 other cards of Hitmonchan list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Best of Game set binder is where a full Best of Game set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmonchan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.