Charizard-EX XY121/211 · XY Black Star Promos

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 XY121/211 in XY Black Star Promos, position 122 of 216. Before it is XY120 Meloetta, and after it is XY122 Blastoise-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on October 12, 2013. The printed size is 211. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

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 Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou 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 Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY Black Star Promos set binder is where a full XY 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.