Charmeleon SV7/94 · Hidden Fates Shiny Vault

Hidden Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 23, 2019. The printed size is 94, and the checklist is the same length. Charmeleon is SV7/94, in position 7 of 94 on this checklist. Before it is SV6 Charmander, and after it is SV8 Alolan Vulpix. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 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.

nagimiso illustrated this card. The same name is on 156 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). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Shiny. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and nagimiso illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 25 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

Burning Fighter is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may discard the top 5 cards of your deck. If any of those cards are Fire Energy cards, attach them to this Pokémon. The attack Flamethrower lists 80 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When it swings its burning tail, it elevates the air temperature to unbearably high levels."

I keep a set binder for Hidden Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault 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.