Medicham 83/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Medicham is 83/162, in position 83 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Meditite, and after it is 84 Relicanth. The listed rarity is Common.

Medicham is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 120 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).

Masako Tomii illustrated this card. The same name is on 10 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 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Masako Tomii illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Medicham list a different HP.

The attack Low Sweep lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting. High Jump Kick is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It elegantly avoids attacks with dance-like steps, then launches a devastating blow in the same motion." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces 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.