Charmeleon DR 99/97

Name: Charmeleon DR 99/97
Brand: Pokémon

DRRare

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Seller location

Charmeleon has appeared in several sets: Dragon (DR 99) and Team Rocket Returns (TR 110). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Dragon landed here on 24 November 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP: 70
Type: Fire
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 99/97
Set: DragonDRSet guide
Illustrated by: Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Smokescreen

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Fireworks

Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Charmeleon.

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.

A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,067 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,067 tournament lists we have read, 3,294 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Charmeleon DR 99/97DragonRareThe one you are looking atRare
Charmeleon TR 110/109Team Rocket ReturnsRareRare

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.

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 37 Charmeleon cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Charmeleon cards

Charmeleon DR 99/97

The market for this printing

When it came out