Giovanni's Machop 72/132 · Gym Challenge

Machop is Pokédex #066, generation 1 (Kanto). Giovanni's Machop is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 18. The card lists Machoke, Machoke (#067) under evolves to.

Giovanni's Machop sits at 72/132 in Gym Challenge, position 72 of 132. Before it is 71 Erika's Paras, and after it is 73 Giovanni's Magikarp. The set belongs to the Gym series. It was released on 16 October 2000. The printed size is 132, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Chop lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Fury Punch is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage times the number of damage counters on Giovanni's Machop. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

Machop (#066) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2023. The earliest other card is Machop 52/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Machop, while this one is Giovanni's Machop. Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Machop list a different HP.

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

Gym Challenge set binder is where a full Gym Challenge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Machop can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Trainer's Pokémon, Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon, and Giovanni and his Pokémon. I still need this card.