Charmeleon 29/100 · Crystal Guardians

Crystal Guardians is a set in the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Charmeleon is 29/100, in position 29 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Venusaur, and after it is 30 Charmeleon δ. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charmeleon (#005), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Charmeleon (#005) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 32 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmeleon 24/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The attack Rage lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Charmeleon. Flamethrower is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy attached to Charmeleon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Crystal Guardians, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Crystal Guardians set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.