Charizard-EX 12/106 · Flashfire

Charizard is Pokédex #006, generation 1 (Kanto). Charizard-EX is a Basic EX Fire Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists M Charizard-EX, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Charizard-EX sits at 12/106 in Flashfire, position 12 of 110. Before it is 11 Charizard-EX, and after it is 13 M Charizard-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

The attack Wing Attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Combustion Blast is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon can't use Combustion Blast during your next turn. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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 Charizard-EX. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and PLANETA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 98 other cards of Charizard list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads PLANETA. I count 47 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Flashfire set binder is where a full Flashfire 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.