Radiant Charizard 20/159 · Crown Zenith

Crown Zenith is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on January 20, 2023. The printed size is 159. This checklist is longer, at 160 cards. Radiant Charizard is 20/159, in position 20 of 160 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Charizard VSTAR, and after it is 21 Entei. The listed rarity is Radiant Rare.

Radiant Charizard is a Basic Radiant Fire Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Charizard (#006), generation 1 (Kanto).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 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 Radiant Charizard. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Radiant Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 98 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

Excited Heart is listed as Ability. This Pokémon's attacks cost Colorless less for each Prize card your opponent has taken. The attack Combustion Blast lists 250 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Combustion Blast. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Radiant Pokémon Rule: You can't have more than 1 Radiant Pokémon in your deck. The flavor text reads "It spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. It may cause forest fires by blowing flames." The regulation mark is F.

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