Machoke 48/101 · Plasma Blast

Machoke is Pokédex #067, generation 1 (Kanto). Machoke is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Machop. In this catalog that name is Machop (#066). The card lists Machamp, Machamp (#068) under evolves to.

Machoke sits at 48/101 in Plasma Blast, position 48 of 105. Before it is 47 Machop, and after it is 49 Machamp. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Last-Chance Chop lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless. If this Pokémon's remaining HP is 10, this attack does 70 more damage. Seismic Toss is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It happily carries heavy cargo to toughen up. It willingly does hard work for people."

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 lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Machoke list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Blast set binder is where a full Plasma Blast 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). I still need this card.