Medicham 111/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Medicham is 111/198, in position 111 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 110 Meditite, and after it is 112 Riolu. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Medicham is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Medicham (#308), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Meditite. In this catalog that name is Meditite (#307).

Jerky illustrated this card. The same name is on 33 other cards in the catalog.

Medicham (#308) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Medicham 10/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Jerky illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Medicham list a different HP.

The attack Acu-Punch-Ture lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting. Choose 1 of your opponent's Active Pokémon's attacks. During your opponent's next turn, that Pokémon can't use that attack. Kick Shot is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Through yoga training, it gained the psychic power to predict its foe's next move." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Medicham can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.