Camerupt 22/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Camerupt is Pokédex #323, generation 3 (Hoenn). Camerupt is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Numel. In this catalog that name is Numel (#322).

Camerupt sits at 22/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 22 of 153. Before it is 21 Numel, and after it is 23 Victini. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Fire Shard lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is also Paralyzed. Flamethrower is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "The volcanoes on its back have a major eruption every 10 years–or whenever it becomes really angry."

Camerupt (#323) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Camerupt 4/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 23 other cards of Camerupt list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Boundaries Crossed set binder is where a full Boundaries Crossed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Camerupt can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.