Charmeleon 73/165 · Expedition Base Set

Charmeleon is Pokédex #005, generation 1 (Kanto). Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Charmeleon sits at 73/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 73 of 165. Before it is 72 Chansey, and after it is 74 Croconaw. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on September 15, 2002. The printed size is 165, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Double Scratch lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Flamethrower is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 1 Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Charmeleon (#005) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmeleon 24/102 in Base (1999). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Expedition Base Set set binder is where a full Expedition Base Set set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.