Charmander 9/25 · McDonald's Collection 2021

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 9/25 in McDonald's Collection 2021, position 9 of 25. Before it is 8 Grookey, and after it is 10 Cyndaquil. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on February 9, 2021. The printed size is 25, and the checklist is the same length.

The attack Scratch lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flame Tail is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The flame on its tail indicates Charmander's life force. If it is healthy, the flame burns brightly."

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. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

McDonald's Collection 2021 set binder is where a full McDonald's Collection 2021 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.