Charizard SWSH066/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

Charizard is Pokédex #006, generation 1 (Kanto). Charizard is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 170 HP. The card says it evolves from Charmeleon. In this catalog that name is Charmeleon (#005).

Charizard sits at SWSH066/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos, position 66 of 304. Before it is SWSH065 Eevee V, and after it is SWSH067 Donphan. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 15, 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

Battle Sense is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may look at the top 3 cards of your deck and put 1 of them into your hand. Discard the other cards. The attack Royal Blaze lists 100+ damage. The cost is Fire, Fire. This attack does 50 more damage for each Leon card in your discard pile. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. 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 D.

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 lists 120 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and NC Empire illustrated this one. 103 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads NC Empire. I count 35 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SWSH Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SWSH Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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.