Machamp 65/145 · Guardians Rising

Guardians Rising is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 5 May 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. Machamp is 65/145, in position 69 of 180 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Machoke, and after it is 66 Sudowoodo. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Machamp is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Machamp (#068), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Machoke. In this catalog that name is Machoke (#067).

Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this card. The same name is on 155 other cards in the catalog.

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 8/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. 46 other cards of Machamp list a different HP.

The attack Settle the Score lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. This attack does 80 more damage for each Prize card your opponent took on their last turn. Submission is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It unleashes megaton-level punches that send opponents flying clear over the horizon."

I keep a set binder for Guardians Rising, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Guardians Rising set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Machamp can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.