Charmander RC3/83 · Generations

Charmander is Pokédex #004, generation 1 (Kanto). Charmander is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Charmeleon, Charmeleon (#005) under evolves to.

Charmander sits at RC3/83 in Generations, position 88 of 117. Before it is RC2 Shroomish, and after it is RC4 Charmeleon. 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 Common.

The attack Playful lists 20× damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage times the number of damage counters on this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "My Charmander is so rambunctious! I wonder if we can become good friends?"

Charmander (#004) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 35 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmander 46/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 29 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 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. Charmander can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.