Base Set

Machamp

BSFR8· Rare
Machamp BS 8

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€120.00

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What the card itself says

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HP
100
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
8/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its Ability

Strikes BackRiposte

Whenever your opponent's attack damages Machamp (even if Machamp is Knoced Out), this power does 10 damage to attacking Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.) This power can't be used if Machamp is already Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed when your opponent attacks.À chaque fois que l'attaque de votre adversaire inflige des dégâts à Mackogneur (même si Mackogneur est K.O.), ce pouvoir inflige 10 dégâts au Pokémon attaquant. (Ne pas tenir compte de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance.) Ce pouvoir ne peut être utilisé si Mackogneur est Endormi, Confus ou Paralysé quand votre adversaire attaque.

Its attacks

Seismic TossFrappe Atlas

60

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

    100 HP. Only 2 cards in Base Set carry more.

  2. A strength

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

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 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.

  5. Keep in mind

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

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 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.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 45 Machamp cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Machamp card and its price