Camerupt 4/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Camerupt is Pokédex #323, generation 3 (Hoenn). Camerupt is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Numel. In this catalog that name is Numel (#322).

Camerupt sits at 4/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 4 of 109. Before it is 3 Blaziken, and after it is 5 Delcatty. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Lava Burn lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Fire Spin is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 basic Energy cards attached to Camerupt or this attack does nothing. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3.

Camerupt (#323) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Camerupt 24/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 23 other cards of Camerupt list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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