Charmander 101/100 · Stormfront

Stormfront is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on November 1, 2008. The printed size is 100. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Charmander is 101/100, in position 101 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 100 Regigigas LV.X, and after it is 102 Charmeleon. The collector number is above the printed set size of 100. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Charmander is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 10. In the Pokédex this is Charmander (#004), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Charmeleon, Charmeleon (#005) under evolves to.

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Charmander (#004) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 35 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmander 46/102 in Base (1999). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. 27 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The attack Scratch lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Ember is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy attached to Charmander. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "From the time it is born, a flame burns at the tip of its tail. Its life would end if the flame were to go out."

I keep a set binder for Stormfront, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Stormfront set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmander can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.