Machop 63/145 · Guardians Rising

Guardians Rising is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. Machop is 63/145, in position 67 of 180 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Machop, and after it is 64 Machoke. The listed rarity is Common.

Machop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Machop (#066), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Machoke, Machoke (#067) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

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 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 18 other cards of Machop list a different HP.

The attack Dynamic Chop lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. 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."

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