Charmeleon 99/97 · Dragon

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

Charmeleon sits at 99/97 in Dragon, position 99 of 100. Before it is 98 Charmander, and after it is 100 Charizard. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on November 24, 2003. The printed size is 97. This checklist is longer, at 100 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 97. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Smokescreen lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Fireworks is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Charmeleon (#005) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 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. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Secret. 26 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dragon set binder is where a full Dragon set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.