Chimchar 13/17 · POP Series 9

Chimchar is Pokédex #390, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Chimchar is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 5. The card lists Monferno, Monferno (#391) under evolves to.

Chimchar sits at 13/17 in POP Series 9, position 13 of 17. Before it is 12 Buneary, and after it is 14 Gible. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on March 1, 2009. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Serial Swipes lists 10× damage. The cost is Fire. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Sleepy is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. If you have Piplup in play, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its fiery rear end is fueled by gas made in its belly. Even rain can't extinguish the fire."

Chimchar (#390) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Chimchar 76/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Chimchar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 9 set binder is where a full POP Series 9 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Chimchar can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.