Charmander 18a/147 · Burning Shadows

Burning Shadows is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 5, 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. Charmander is 18a/147, in position 19 of 177 on this checklist. Before it is 18 Charmander, and after it is 19 Charmeleon. The listed rarity is Common.

Charmander is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charmander (#004), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Charmeleon, Charmeleon (#005) under evolves to.

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

Charmander (#004) has 45 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 36 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmander 46/102 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 Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 29 other cards of Charmander list a different HP.

The attack Scratch lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flame Tail is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The flame on its tail indicates Charmander's life force. If it is healthy, the flame burns brightly."

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