Charmeleon 35/99 · Arceus

Charmeleon is Pokédex #005, generation 1 (Kanto). Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 31. The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Charmeleon sits at 35/99 in Arceus, position 35 of 111. Before it is 34 Bronzor, and after it is 36 Gastly. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Slam lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Fire Punch is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "In the rocky mountains where Charmeleon live, their fiery tails shine at night like stars."

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). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Arceus set binder is where a full Arceus set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.