Machop 62/145 · Guardians Rising

Machop is Pokédex #066, generation 1 (Kanto). Machop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Machoke, Machoke (#067) under evolves to.

Machop sits at 62/145 in Guardians Rising, position 66 of 180. Before it is 61 Lunala, and after it is 63 Machop. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Dual Chop lists 30× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It loves working out. As it gazes at its muscles, which continue to swell day by day, it becomes more and more dedicated to its training."

Machop (#066) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machop 52/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Machop list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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