Base Set

Charizard

BSFR4· Rare
Charizard BS 4

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What the card itself says

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HP
120
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
4/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Energy BurnCombustion d'Énergie

As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may turn all Energy attached to Charizard into Fire Energy for the rest of the turn. This power can't be used if Charizard is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.Aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez pendant votre tour (avant votre attaque), vous pouvez transformer toutes les Énergies attachées à Dracaufeu en Énergie jusqu'à la fin du tour. Ce pouvoir ne peut être utilisé si Dracaufeu est Endormi, Confus ou Paralysé.

Its attacks

Fire SpinDanseflamme

100

Discard 2 Energy cards attached to Charizard in order to use this attack.Défaussez 2 cartes Énergie attachées à Dracaufeu pour pouvoir utiliser cette attaque.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    120 HP, and nothing in Legendary Collection goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.

  2. A strength

    Fire Spin hits for 100 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Legendary Collection hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

    It has an Ability, Energy Burn. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Charmeleon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

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The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 110 Charizard cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Charizard card and its price