Machamp 49/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Machamp is 49/101, in position 49 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Machoke, and after it is 50 Machamp. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Machamp is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Machamp (#068), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Machoke. In this catalog that name is Machoke (#067).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Machamp (#068) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machamp 8/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. 41 other cards of Machamp list a different HP.

Badge of Discipline is listed as Ability. The damage of each of your Fighting Pokémon's attacks isn't affected by Resistance. The attack Close Combat lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, during your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is increased by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its four muscled arms slam foes with powerful punches and chops at blinding speed."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Machamp can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.