Garchomp 1/17 · POP Series 9

POP Series 9 is a set in the POP series. It was released on March 1, 2009. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Garchomp is 1/17, in position 1 of 17 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Manaphy. The listed rarity is Rare.

Garchomp is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. The card lists level 64. In the Pokédex this is Garchomp (#445), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Gabite. In this catalog that name is Gabite (#444).

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

Garchomp (#445) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Garchomp C LV.X DP46/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Garchomp C LV.X, while this one is Garchomp. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 33 other cards of Garchomp list a different HP.

The attack Dragon Rage lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing. Jet Sword is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy attached to Garchomp and this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Colorless +30. The flavor text reads "It flies at speeds equal to a jet fighter plane. It never allows its prey to escape."

I keep a set binder for POP Series 9, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the POP Series 9 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Garchomp can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.