Crystal Guardians / #48/100

Charmander

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Crystal Guardians
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Atsuko Nishida
Source reference: ex14-48

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

For Charmander, emotions have their own light. The flame at the tip of its tail changes with its feelings: it flickers when it is enjoying itself and burns more fiercely when it is angry. Watching this little fire is a way of reading its mood. This warm little figure has a language that its face alone does not always express.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Charmander ex14-48's Retaliate deals 10 damage per counter already on Charmander; without counters, its multiplier promises no amount. Flame Tail separately offers 20 damage for Fire plus Colorless. Atsuko Nishida illustrated this printing, where the attacker's injury changes only the first attack.

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Card details

HP: 50
Type (source): Fire
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 4
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Water ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Retaliate

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10x

Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on Charmander.

Flame Tail

Cost: Fire · Colorless

Damage: 20

Documented variants

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Normal
normal · standard
normal · standard · set-logo

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