Charmander 48/100 · Crystal Guardians

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 48/100 in Crystal Guardians, position 48 of 100. Before it is 47 Cacnea, and after it is 49 Charmander δ. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on August 1, 2006. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Retaliate lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Charmander. Flame Tail 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 Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Crystal Guardians set binder is where a full Crystal Guardians 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.