Charizard ex 105/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

FireRed & LeafGreen is a set in the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Charizard ex is 105/112, in position 105 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 104 Blastoise ex, and after it is 106 Clefable ex. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Charizard ex is a Stage 2 ex Fire Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charizard (#006), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmeleon. In this catalog that name is Charmeleon (#005).

Hiromichi Sugiyama illustrated this card. The same name is on 32 other cards in the catalog.

Charizard (#006) has 106 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 50 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charizard 4/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Charizard, while this one is Charizard ex. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Hiromichi Sugiyama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 98 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

Energy Flame is listed as Poké-Body. All Energy attached to Charizard ex are Fire Energy instead of its usual type. The attack Slash lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Burn Down is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire. Discard 5 Fire Energy attached to Charizard ex. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, and any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2 and Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for FireRed & LeafGreen, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the FireRed & LeafGreen set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charizard can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are All Charizard cards. I still need this card.