Charmeleon 8/68 · Hidden Fates

Hidden Fates is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 23, 2019. The printed size is 68. This checklist is longer, at 69 cards. Charmeleon is 8/68, in position 8 of 69 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Charmander, and after it is 9 Charizard-GX. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charmeleon (#005), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

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). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flamethrower is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lashes about with its tail to knock down its foe. It then tears up the fallen opponent with sharp claws."

I keep a set binder for Hidden Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Hidden Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charmeleon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.