Charmander 97/165 · Expedition Base Set

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

Charmander sits at 97/165 in Expedition Base Set, position 97 of 165. Before it is 96 Caterpie, and after it is 98 Charmander. 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 Common.

The attack Tail Rap lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Flare is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Charmander (#004) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 36 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. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Masako Yamashita illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masako Yamashita. I count 23 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. Charmander can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.