Machamp H15/144 · Skyridge

Machamp is Pokédex #068, generation 1 (Kanto). Machamp is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Machoke. In this catalog that name is Machoke (#067).

Machamp sits at H15/144 in Skyridge, position 165 of 182. Before it is H14 Ledian, and after it is H16 Magcargo. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Immunity is listed as Poké-Body. Prevent all effects of your opponent's attacks done to Machamp. The attack Drag Off lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Before doing damage, if your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and switch it with the Defending Pokémon. If your opponent has no Benched Pokémon, ignore this effect. Hurricane Punch is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Machamp (#068) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machamp 8/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 42 other cards of Machamp list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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