Charmeleon 9/78 · Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. Charmeleon is 9/78, in position 9 of 88 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Charmander, and after it is 10 Charizard. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charmeleon (#005), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Shiburingaru illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Charmeleon (#005) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmeleon 24/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shiburingaru illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 25 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The attack Scratch lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flamethrower is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has a barbaric nature. In battle, it whips its fiery tail around and slashes away with sharp claws." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Pokémon GO, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Pokémon GO set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.