Charizard (Base Set 4)

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Charizard LV.76 リザードン Lizardon

File:Charizard-Base.jpg Base Set print Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Charmeleon Card name Charizard Type Fire HP 120 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost Expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 4/102 Expansion Stormfront Rarity English card no. 103/100 Japanese card no. 092/092 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards TCG GB1 set Evolution TCG GB1 ID B14 TCG GB2 set Beginning Pokémon TCG GB2 ID A13 TCG GB2 set Promotional TCG GB2 ID P02 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Charizard.

Charizard (Japanese: リザードン Lizardon) is a Fire-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Base Set and the Stormfront set.

Card text (Base Set print)

Pokédex data

Species	Flame Pokémon
Length	5'7" (1.7m)
Weight	200 lbs (90.5Kg)
Pokémon No.	6
Entry	Spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to unintentionally cause forest fires.

Card text (Stormfront print)

Pokédex data

Pokémon No.	006
Species	Flame Pokémon
Height	5'07"
Weight	199.5 lbs
Entry	Its wings can carry this Pokémon close to an altitude of 4,600 feet. It blows out fire at very high temperatures.

Release information

• This card was released as a promotional card with different artwork by Ken Sugimori. In Japan, it was available through the "Please Trade" Campaign that ran from February to July in 1998. This variant card was never released in English.
• Later Japanese versions were released as part of the "Pokémon Best Collection" CD.
• A jumbo English version was released in Japan as a free insert in the April 2000 CoroCoro magazine.
• This card was also reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection reprint sets, which were only released outside of Japan. A non-holographic version of the card was released in the latter set's Lava theme deck.
• A special reprint with redrawn art by Mitsuhiro Arita was released in the Stormfront set. This print modified some of the card text to bring it in line with modern card wording whilst still allowing it to retain most of its original effects; however, Energy Burn was made mandatory on the Stormfront print, whereas it was originally optional on the Base Set print.

Trivia

• This card was once the most sought-after card in the entire Pokémon TCG. This is because of its Fire Spin move, which deals 100 damage, and because of this would instantly knock out the majority of other Pokémon (the only other Pokémon card with more than 100 HP would be the Base Set Chansey until the release of Gym Challenge). Individual Charizard cards were sold up to as much as $150.
• The Charizard included in the "Pokémon Best Collection" CD has the Pikachu Records logo in place of an Expansion symbol.

Origin

Fire Spin is a move in the Pokémon games that Charizard can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, though it is slightly reworded. The Stormfront Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon FireRed.