Camerupt 3/100 · 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. Camerupt is 3/100, in position 3 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Blastoise δ, and after it is 4 Charizard δ. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Camerupt is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Camerupt (#323), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Numel. In this catalog that name is Numel (#322).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

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 4/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 22 other cards of Camerupt list a different HP.

Delta Protection is listed as Poké-Body. Any damage done to Camerupt by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that has δ on its card is reduced by 40 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Linear Attack lists no damage number. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Combustion is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

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. Camerupt can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.