Hitmonchan 81/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Hitmonchan is 81/203, in position 81 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 80 Marshadow, and after it is 82 Galarian Zapdos. The listed rarity is Common.

Hitmonchan is a Basic Single Strike Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Hitmonchan (#107), generation 1 (Kanto).

Uta illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Hitmonchan (#107) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Hitmonchan 7/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Uta illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Hitmonchan list a different HP.

The attack Clean Hit lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is an Evolution Pokémon, this attack does 50 more damage. Bullet Straight Punch is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its punches slice the air. However, it seems to need a short break after fighting for three minutes." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Evolving Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Evolving Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Hitmonchan can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.