Charizard-EX 11/83 · Generations

Charizard is Pokédex #006, generation 1 (Kanto). Charizard-EX is a Basic EX Fire Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Charizard-EX, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Charizard-EX sits at 11/83 in Generations, position 11 of 117. Before it is 10 Leafeon-EX, and after it is 12 M Charizard-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 22, 2016. The printed size is 83. This checklist is longer, at 117 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Flame Cloak lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Burning Breath is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Charizard (#006) has 106 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 51 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 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 98 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Generations set binder is where a full Generations set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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.