Charizard 1/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Charizard is 1/99, in position 1 of 111 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Froslass. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Charizard is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 140 HP. The card lists level 60. In the Pokédex this is Charizard (#006), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmeleon. In this catalog that name is Charmeleon (#005).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Charizard (#006) has 106 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 50 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 lists 120 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 106 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

Fire Formation is listed as Poké-Body. Each of Charizard's attacks does 10 more damage for each Fire Pokémon on your Bench to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Fire Wing lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire. Burning Tail is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard a Fire Energy attached to Charizard. Weakness is Water +30. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 3.

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. 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.