Chimchar DP02/56 · DP Black Star Promos

Chimchar is Pokédex #390, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Chimchar is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 8. The card lists Monferno, Monferno (#391) under evolves to.

Chimchar sits at DP02/56 in DP Black Star Promos, position 2 of 56. Before it is DP01 Turtwig, and after it is DP03 Piplup. The set belongs to the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 May 2007. The printed size is 56, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Scratch lists 10 damage. Ember is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy attached to Chimchar. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It agilely scales sheer cliffs to live atop craggy mountains. Its fire is put out when it sleeps."

Chimchar (#390) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Chimchar 76/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Chimchar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

DP Black Star Promos set binder is where a full DP Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Chimchar can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.