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Dark Charmeleon
Team Rocket 32/82 • uncommon
- Set
- Team Rocket
- Number
- 32/82
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- 2000
- Energy type
- fire energy
- Market price
- $24.93
- Artist
- Kagemaru Himeno
What it does
Use this attack only if there are any Fire Energy cards attached to Dark Charmeleon. Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 of those Energy cards. If tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage).
Its tail is incredibly strong, able to lift up to 5 adult men.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Dark Charmeleon card was released in the year 2000 as part of the Team Rocket expansion, which was the first Pokémon Trading Card Game set to feature the darker, villainous aesthetic associated with the game's antagonists. This set shifted the visual focus from the traditional, heroic depictions of Pokémon to the 'Dark' variants, reflecting the themes of Team Rocket's corruption and experimental evolution practices.
The card features artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, a legendary illustrator in the franchise whose work defined much of the early TCG aesthetic. Arita utilized his signature style to imbue the Dark Charmeleon with a more aggressive, shadowed posture, effectively capturing the sinister nature of the Team Rocket organization's influence while remaining consistent with the established design language of the late 90s era.
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About Dark Charmeleon
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