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Garchomp
POP Series 9 1/17 • rare
- Set
- POP Series 9
- Number
- 1/17
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2009
- Energy type
- colorless energy
- Market price
- $64.88
- Artist
- Kagemaru Himeno
What it does
Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing.
Discard 2 Energy attached to Garchomp and this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
It flies at speeds equal to a jet fighter plane. It never allows its prey to escape.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 2009, the POP Series 9 set was part of the Pokémon Organized Play program, which served as a promotional initiative to distribute cards to players participating in local tournaments and league events. Unlike main expansion sets sold in retail booster boxes, these cards were specifically designed for the community-based competitive scene, intended to keep participants engaged between major set releases.
The Garchomp 1/17 card features artwork by Kagemaru Himeno, a long-standing illustrator for the Pokémon Trading Card Game known for a distinctively soft, painterly style. In this depiction, Garchomp is portrayed in an aggressive, dynamic stance characteristic of its status as a powerful pseudo-legendary dragon-type. The card is colorless, adhering to the standard type assignment for Garchomp in the trading card game during this era, and remains a nostalgic piece for players who participated in the organized play circuit of the late 2000s.
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