Machamp SWSH053/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

Machamp is Pokédex #068, generation 1 (Kanto). Machamp is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 170 HP. The card says it evolves from Machoke. In this catalog that name is Machoke (#067).

Machamp sits at SWSH053/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos, position 53 of 304. Before it is SWSH052 Gengar, and after it is SWSH054 Coalossal. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 15 November 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Macho Revenge lists 20× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage for each Fighting Pokémon in your discard pile. Dynamite Punch is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 50 damage to itself. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It quickly swings its four arms to rock its opponents with ceaseless punches and chops from all angles." The regulation mark is D.

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 lists 100 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this one. 47 other cards of Machamp list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads SATOSHI NAKAI. I count 58 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SWSH Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SWSH Black Star Promos 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.