Machamp 8/102 · Base

Machamp is Pokédex #068, generation 1 (Kanto). Machamp is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. The card lists level 67. The card says it evolves from Machoke. In this catalog that name is Machoke (#067).

Machamp sits at 8/102 in Base, position 8 of 102. Before it is 7 Hitmonchan, and after it is 9 Magneton. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on 9 January 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Strikes Back is listed as Pokémon Power. Whenever your opponent's attack damages Machamp (even if Machamp is Knocked Out), this power does 10 damage to the attacking Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.) This power can't be used if Machamp is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed when your opponent attacks. The attack Seismic Toss lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Using its amazing muscles, it throws powerful punches that can knock its victim clear over the horizon."

Machamp (#068) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 29 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machamp 43/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 44 other cards of Machamp list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Base set binder is where a full Base set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Machamp can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.