Base Set

Machoke

BSFR34· Uncommon
Machoke BS 34

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
80
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
34/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Karate ChopPoing-Karaté

50-

Does 50 damage minus 10 for each damage counter on Machoke.Inflige 50 dégâts moins 10 dégâts pour chaque marqueur de dégâts sur Machopeur.

SubmissionSacrifice

60

Machoke does 20 damage to itself.Machopeur s'inflige 20 dégâts.

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

    Karate Chop hits for 50 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Base Set hits harder for that price.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 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 26 Machoke cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Machoke card and its price