Charmeleon 35/99 · Arceus

Charmeleon is Pokédex #005, generation 1 (Kanto). Charmeleon is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 31. The card says it evolves from Charmander. In this catalog that name is Charmander (#004). The card lists Charizard, Charizard (#006) under evolves to.

Charmeleon sits at 35/99 in Arceus, position 35 of 111. Before it is 34 Bronzor, and after it is 36 Gastly. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on 4 November 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Slam lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Fire Punch is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Water +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "In the rocky mountains where Charmeleon live, their fiery tails shine at night like stars."

Charmeleon (#005) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 31 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Charmeleon 24/102 in Base (1999). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Charmeleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sumiyoshi Kizuki. I count 212 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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