Charmander 113/112 · FireRed & LeafGreen

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 113/112 in FireRed & LeafGreen, position 113 of 116. Before it is 112 Venusaur ex, and after it is 114 Articuno ex. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on September 1, 2004. The printed size is 112. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 112. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

The attack Flare lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Rage is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Charmander. 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. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

FireRed & LeafGreen set binder is where a full FireRed & LeafGreen 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.