

The Diamond & Pearl series got its first Charizard in its final expansion: Diamond & Pearl: Stormfront. Artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita.Ĭharizard 103/100 - Stormfront.

Known to unintentionally cause forest fires. Spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. May 24th, 2002.Įssentially a reprint of the original Base Set Charizard. Known to unintentionally cause forest fires.Ĭharizard 3/110 - Legendary Collection Reprint. Spits fire that it hot enough to melt boulders. This card was released in both an unlimited print (pictured) and 1st Edition print.Ĭharizard 4/130 - English Base Set 2. Artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita.Ĭharizard 4/102 - English Base Set. The Japanese version of the Charizard appears to have the same moves and ability as that of it's English counterpart card. Charizard GX cards (including Tag Team GX)Ĭharizard cards from the original sets - 1996 to 2002.Ĭovering Japanese Base Set (in Japan known as 拡張パック which translates literally to expansion pack) right the way up to the Legendary Collection reprint set.Ĭharizard No.Charizard EX cards (including Mega evolved).
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Check out our full list of Charizard Cards below, with images of all of them! Then came the release of the English sets such as Base set and Base Set 2 in which Charizard was no less hotly sought after than his Japanese counterpart card. Later on viewers were endeared by the fact that Ash and co saved a dying Charmander who had been left on a rock out in the rain and this little Charmander would later on become possibly the most powerful Pokemon that Ash would ever own - its my opinion that this gave a bit of sentimental value to Charizard in the TCG and put him ahead of the other big name cards. of the three starter Pokemon Ash Ketchum could've chosen in Pokemon Indigo League he said he wanted a Charmander, but due to being late it was already taken. It could be the beautiful artwork, it could be the fire, and it could be that it simply looks the coolest. all big hitters in the Pokemon universe, so what set Charizard apart and made it the most valuable? the base set included several big name Pokemon already made prominent by the videogames and the anime including Mewtwo, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard and Raichu. The set released on October 20th of 1996. Long before the height of Pokemania in the western hemisphere which really blew up in about 1999 we go back to Japan in 1996 with the release of the Japanese Base set, this my friends is where the story begins. Now I know there has been some debate over the fact he isn't actually a dragon type, but we all know he probably should be, that aside lets get to it - in this article we are going to delve into the history of Charizard cards in the Pokemon Trading Card Game taking us right back to 1996 right the way through to the present day. A long time ago in a trading card game expansion released far far away lived a fire breathing Dragon known as Charizard.
