Chimchar (Diamond & Pearl 76): Difference between revisions

Chimchar LV.8 ヒコザル Hikozaru

POP Series 8 print Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Chimchar Type Fire HP 50 weakness +10 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Diamond & Pearl Rarity English card no. 76/130 Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack Japanese Half Deck Infernape Half Deck Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion DP Black Star Promos English card no. DP02 Japanese expansion DP-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 007/DP-P English expansion POP Series 6 Rarity English card no. 14/17 Japanese expansion DP-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 018/DP-P English expansion POP Series 8 Rarity English card no. 12/17 Japanese expansion DP-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 028/DP-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Chimchar.

Chimchar (Japanese: ヒコザル Hikozaru) is a Fire-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Diamond & Pearl expansion.

Card text

Scratch ひっかく 10

Ember ひのこ 30

Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Energy attached to Chimchar.

Pokédex data

Chimchar - Chimp Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
390	1'08" (0.5 m)	13.7 lbs. (6.2 kg)
Pokédex entry
It agilely scales sheer cliffs to live atop craggy mountains, its fire is put out when it sleeps.
だんがいぜっぺきを みがるに のぼり いわやまの うえで せいかつする。ほのおを けして ねむる。

Release information

This card was released in the Diamond & Pearl expansion with artwork by Ken Sugimori. In March 2007, a holographic version of the Diamond & Pearl print was one of the cards available in the US Spring 2007 Collector Tins as special sneak preview before the actual release of the expansion. In Japan, the card was reprinted as a promotional mini card as part of a 7-Eleven Poké Ball Lottery campaign in March 2007. This version, measuring 4.5cm × 6.5cm, was randomly packaged with certain 7-Eleven products in select stores.
The card was later reprinted as a DP Black Star Promo with different artwork by Kagemaru Himeno. It was released in June 2007 in Diamond & Pearl blister packs. The Japanese version was released through a Meiji Chocolate promotion in February 2007. It was reprinted again in POP Series 6 with different artwork by Kagemaru Himeno, the Japanese version available through a trade event at the 25th Next Generation World Hobby Fair in January 2007. The card was reprinted yet again in POP Series 8 with different artwork by Kagemaru Himeno, the Japanese version available through a McDonald's promotion in May 2007.

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  Diamond & Pearl print
  Illus. Ken Sugimori

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  DP Black Star Promo print
  Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

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  POP Series 6 print
  Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

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  POP Series 8 print
  Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Trivia

Origin

Scratch and Ember are both moves in the Pokémon games that Chimchar can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Diamond.

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