Medicham 32/130 · Diamond & Pearl

Medicham is Pokédex #308, generation 3 (Hoenn). Medicham is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 42. The card says it evolves from Meditite. In this catalog that name is Meditite (#307).

Medicham sits at 32/130 in Diamond & Pearl, position 32 of 130. Before it is 31 Machamp, and after it is 33 Munchlax. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Force Palm lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting. Count the number of damage counters on Medicham. Put that many damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Spinning Kick is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Medicham does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Psychic +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Through yoga training, it has honed its sixth sense. Its movements are elegant."

Medicham (#308) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Medicham 10/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Medicham list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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