Charizard-GX SM195/248 · SM Black Star Promos

SM Black Star Promos is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. Charizard-GX is SM195/248, in position 198 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM194 Detective Pikachu, and after it is SM196 Mewtwo-GX. The listed rarity is Promo.

Charizard-GX is a Stage 2 GX Fire Pokémon with 250 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charizard (#006), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Charmeleon. In this catalog that name is Charmeleon (#005).

Framestore illustrated this card. The same name is on 10 other cards in the catalog.

Charizard (#006) has 106 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 51 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charizard 4/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Charizard, while this one is Charizard-GX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 250 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Framestore illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 100 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

The attack Raging Destruction lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Discard the top 8 cards of your deck. If any of those cards are Fire Energy cards, attach them to this Pokémon. Steam Artillery is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Dreadful Flames-GX is another attack lists 250 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard an Energy from each of your opponent's Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for SM Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SM Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Charizard can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are All Charizard cards. I still need this card.