Machamp-GX 135/147 · Burning Shadows

Machamp is Pokédex #068, generation 1 (Kanto). Machamp-GX is a Stage 2 GX Fighting Pokémon with 250 HP. The card says it evolves from Machoke. In this catalog that name is Machoke (#067).

Machamp-GX sits at 135/147 in Burning Shadows, position 143 of 177. Before it is 134 Necrozma-GX, and after it is 136 Lycanroc-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 5 August 2017. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 177 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

The attack Cross-Cut lists 60+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is an Evolution Pokémon, this attack does 60 more damage. Bedrock Breaker is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. Discard any Stadium card in play. Muscle Punch-GX is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Fighting. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Machamp (#068) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 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 is named Machamp, while this one is Machamp-GX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 250 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 46 other cards of Machamp list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Burning Shadows set binder is where a full Burning Shadows 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.