Medicham 73/195 · Silver Tempest

Medicham is Pokédex #308, generation 3 (Hoenn). Medicham is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Meditite. In this catalog that name is Meditite (#307).

Medicham sits at 73/195 in Silver Tempest, position 73 of 215. Before it is 72 Meditite, and after it is 74 Chimecho. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Chakra Awakening is listed as Ability. If you have exactly 4 cards in your hand, this Pokémon's attacks cost ColorlessColorlessColorless less. The attack Vigorous Kick lists 80+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has any Pokémon VMAX in play, this attack does 90 more damage. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Through yoga training, it gained the psychic power to predict its foe's next move." The regulation mark is F.

Medicham (#308) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Medicham 10/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Medicham list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Aya Kusube. I count 127 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Silver Tempest set binder is where a full Silver Tempest set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Medicham can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.