Marshadow & Machamp-GX 82/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Marshadow & Machamp-GX is 82/214, in position 82 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 81 Marshadow, and after it is 83 Sandshrew. The listed rarity is Rare Holo GX.

Marshadow & Machamp-GX is a Basic TAG TEAM GX Fighting Pokémon with 270 HP. In the Pokédex this is Machamp (#068), generation 1 (Kanto) and Marshadow (#802), generation 7 (Alola).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Machamp (#068) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machamp 8/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Machamp, while this one is Marshadow & Machamp-GX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 270 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo GX. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 45 other cards of Machamp list a different HP. Marshadow (#802) has 17 cards in the catalog.

The attack Revenge lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. If any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack during their last turn, this attack does 90 more damage. Hundred-Blows Impact is another attack lists 160 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Acme of Heroism-GX is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. If this Pokémon has at least 1 extra Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), and if it would be Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack during their next turn, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: TAG TEAM rule: When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Machamp and Marshadow can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto) and Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.